Circulating <scp>CD</scp>40 ligand, Dickkopf‐1 and P‐selectin in <scp>HIV</scp>‐infected patients

Abstract

In this study, we found that HIV-infected patients displayed significantly higher circulating levels of both CD40L and DKK-1, which were linearly and directly correlated, when compared to HIV-negative patients. The presence of diabetes was associated with lower levels of both CD40L and DKK-1, whereas the presence of hypertension was associated with higher levels of CD40L.