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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology
Variations in Apolipoproteins Serum Amyloid A, A-I, A-II, and C-III in Severely Head-Injured Patients
Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Volume 28, No. 8, Year 1990
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In five severely head-injured patients we determined the plasma concentrations of apolipoproteins serum amyloid A, A-I, A-II, C-III, and B, prealbumin and C-reactive protein on day 1, 5, 10 and 15 after head injury where possible. A dramatic increase in apolipoprotein serum amyloid A up to a mean plasma level of 0.764 g/1 was accompanied by a considerable decrease in apolipoprotein A-I, apolipoprotein A-II and apolipoprotein C-III concentrations. The variations observed by immunological methods were confirmed by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis performed on plasma and different lipoprotein fractions. In addition to its association with high density lipoproteins, apolipoprotein serum amyloid A was also found with lipoproteins of low and very low density. Two-dimensional electrophoresis also showed the presence of several different serum amyloid A-peptides not seen in plasmas from healthy subjects. We propose that apolipoprotein serum amyloid A may be responsible for the decrease of the main HDL apolipoproteins in head-injured patients. © 1990, Walter de Gruyter & Co.
Authors & Co-Authors
Saile, Rachid
France, Paris
Inserm
Kabbaj, Ouafae
France, Strasbourg
Université de Strasbourg
Visvikis-Siest, Sophie
France, Vandoeouvre-les-nancy
Centre de Médecine Préventive
Fruchart, Jean Charles
France, Paris
Inserm
Statistics
Citations: 9
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1515/cclm.1990.28.8.519
ISSN:
14346621
Research Areas
Violence And Injury