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Infection of cultured podocytes with replication incompetent HIV-1 demonstrated that HIV-1 gene expression leads to the proliferation and dedifferentiation of the infected podocytes [ 6 7 8 ] , recapitulating the phenotypes observed in HIVAN specimens [ 9 10 ] . Similarly, renal expression of replication incompetent HIV-1 proviral transgenes in mice and rats produces a proliferative renal lesion that is indistiguisable both histopathologically and clinically from human HIVAN [ 11 12 13 14 ] . These observations raise the possibility that HIV-1 gene products may interact with mitogenic pathways in infected renal epithelium to cause aberrant cell-cycle engagement.
And as their study showed, when incompetent people are given a chance to wise up a bit, they do acquire some retrospective understanding of their limitations.
Hazelwood: Boozy incompetent
Patients may be rendered incompetent to consent to a genetics study by the stroke itself.
A clamor went up for the incompetent physician's head--or at least his license.