NIH R01 · 2024
Obesogenic origins of maternal and child metabolic health involving dolutegravir (ORCHID)
PROJECT ABSTRACT More than 8 million people are living with HIV in South Africa (SA), including >250,000 women who become pregnant annually, and >50% of SA women are overweight/obese.1 In SA and globally, Dolutegravir (DTG)- based antiretroviral therapy (ART) is being scaled up as part of the preferred 1st-line ART regimen. However, DTG has recently been implicated as an obesogen that is associated with increased weight and adipose tissue gain compared to other antiretroviral agents.2,3 Obesity in pregnancy is associated with poor health outcomes for both mother and child4-9 as pregnancy is a critical period during which exposures leading to alterations in metabolic health may influence not…
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