Florida International University news release
People living with HIV face a greater risk of developing lung diseases at a much younger age, even if they have never smoked.
Rresearchers have now uncovered a previously unknown mechanism that helps explain how HIV causes emphysema and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
In a study, the team found that an HIV protein, known as Tat, essentially disrupts the lungs’ internal molecular “clock” — the timekeeping system that regulates daily lung function and, importantly, plays a key role in immune response. This unleashes a cascade of chronic inflammation that damages airway tissue, setting the stage for disease.
Read the full news release here.
Source : Florida International University
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