Abstract
Mitochondrial toxicity was evaluated in peripheral lymphocytes obtained from a cohort of 10 subjects with extensive exposure to nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTI) and matched controls. Mitochondrial copy number was expressed as the ratio of mitochondrial (cytochrome b)-to-nuclear (pyruvate kinase) genes as measured by real-time polymerase chain reaction. There was no significant difference between the mtDNA: nuclear DNA ratios for the NRTI-treated subjects (mean ratio 187.2) versus the matched controls (mean ratio 199).
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 2485-2487 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | AIDS |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 18 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 6 2002 |