Mitochondrial function in HIV-infected children. Mitochondrial toxicity in HIV+ children

      Аннотация: The present work has been performed in the Mitochondrial Functionalism Laboratory, Muscle Research Unit, Internal Medicine Department of the Hospital Cl?nic of Barcelona, located in the Institut d’Investigacions Biom?diques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Barcelona (UB)- Hospital Cl?nic of Barcelona, Spain. These studies were initiated in 2007 through a grant from the "Fundaci?n para la Investigaci?n y Prevenci?n del SIDA en Espa?a" (FIPSE), being co-tutorized by Dr. ?scar Mir? i Andreu, from the Emergency Department of the Hospital Cl?nic of Barcelona and Dra. Cl?udia Fortuny Guasch, associated professor of UB, from the Infectious Diseases Unit, Pediatrics Department of the Hospital Sant Joan de D?u of Barcelona. The obtention of one more grant from FIPSE, within the "Centro de Investigaci?n Biom?dica en Red de Enfermedades Raras" (CIBERER), whose Principal Investigator is Dra. Gl?ria Garrabou Tornos, has permitted the continuation of the studies in the last period of this work. This book entitled: “Mitochondrial function in HIV-infected children” has explored the mitochondrial status in this population group.

Ключевые слова: Children, HIV, Mitochondrial toxicity