Soluble P-selectin as an inflammatory mediator potentially influencing endothelial activation in people living with HIV in sub-rural areas of Limpopo, South Africa

• Haskly Mokoena,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Physiology and Environmental Health, University of Limpopo, Sovenga, South Africa

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9054-7242

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• Sihle E. Mabhida,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Non-Communicable Diseases Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa

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• Joel Choshi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Physiology and Environmental Health, University of Limpopo, Sovenga, South Africa

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• Machoene D. Sekgala,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Non-Communicable Diseases Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa

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• Bongani B. Nkambule,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

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• Duduzile Ndwandwe,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Cochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa

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• Zandile J. Mchiza,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Non-Communicable Diseases Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa, School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa

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• André P. Kengne,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Non-Communicable Diseases Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Phiwayinkosi V. Dludla,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Cochrane South Africa, South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg, South Africa, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Zululand, KwaDlangezwa, South Africa

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• Sidney Hanser

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sidney.hanser@ul.ac.za

  Affiliation Department of Physiology and Environmental Health, University of Limpopo, Sovenga, South Africa

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