Smoldering Fuse in the Arteries: How HIV Accelerates Atherosclerosis
Inside the arteries of a person with HIV, a fuse smolders that does not go out even when the viral load is suppressed. That fuse is chronic inflammation, and a new study shows it is kept alive by a special kind of immune cell that processes vitamin A. Scientists from the Canadian CHACS cohort compared blood from 51 people with HIV on therapy and 63 people without HIV.