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Isolation of High-density Lipoproteins for Non-coding Small RNA Quantification
Published on: November 28, 2016
Correlation between Serum Amyloid A-Low Density Lipoprotein and Genotoxicity in Smokers
Aneela Jamil1, Amir Rashid1, Abdul Khaliq Naveed2
1Department of Biochemistry, Army Medical College, Rawalpindi.
Objective:
To investigate the relation between serum amyloid A-low density lipoprotein (SAA-LDL) and genotoxicity in smokers.
Study Design:
An experimental study.
Place And Duration Of Study:
Army Medical College, Rawalpindi and National Institute of Health (NIH), Islamabad, from June 2014 to February 2015.
Methodology:
Seventy healthy Sprague Dawley rats were purchased from NIH and exposed to cigarette smoke in smoke chamber for three months. Blood samples were drawn from each rat at the end of the study period. SAA-LDL was determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Genotoxicity was assessed by cytokinesis block micronucleus (CBMN) assay. Pearson correlation was used to find correlation between SAA-LDL and genotoxicity.
Results:
Strong positive correlation was found between SAA-LDL and micronuclei frequency in smoke-exposed rats (r=0.799, N=70, p <0.01).
Conclusion:
Statistically significant strong positive correlation between SAA-LDL and genotoxicity in smoke-exposed rats shows that changes in one is associated with changes in other and vice versa.
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