Description
Stavudineisanucleosideanalogofthymidinethatexhibitsantiviralactivity.StavudineisaninhibitorofreversetranscriptasethatintercalateswithDNAtoinhibitviralreplicationandgrowth.AdmiNISTrationofstavudinemayincreaselevelsofROSandmitochondrialdysfunctioninADIpocytes,leadingtoapoptosisanddecreasesinproliferation.Stavudineinducesautophagyinadipocytesaswell,resultinginlipidaccumulationandhepaticdysfunction.
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