Upregulated expression of hypoxia reactive genes in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from chronic liver disease patients

Autor: Akifumi Kuwano, Masatake Tanaka, Hideo Suzuki, Miho Kurokawa, Koji Imoto, Shigeki Tashiro, Takeshi Goya, Motoyuki Kohjima, Masaki Kato, Yoshihiro Ogawa
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports, Vol 27, Iss , Pp 101068- (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2405-5808
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrep.2021.101068
Popis: Liver fibrosis induces intrahepatic microcirculation disorder and hypoxic stress. Hypoxic stress has the potential for an increase in the possibility of more liver fibrosis and carcinogenesis. Liver biopsy is a standard method that evaluates of intrahepatic hypoxia, however, is invasive and has a risk of bleeding as a complication. Here, we investigated the hypoxia reactive gene expressions in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from chronic liver disease patients to evaluate intrahepatic hypoxia in a non-invasive manner. The subjects enrolled for this study were composed of 20 healthy volunteers (HV) and 48 patients with chronic liver disease (CLD). CLD patients contained 24 patients with chronic hepatitis(CH)and 24 patients with liver cirrhosis (LC). PBMC were isolated from heparinized peripheral blood samples. We measured the transcriptional expression of hypoxia reactive genes and inflammatory cytokines by quantitative RT-PCR. mRNA expression of adrenomedullin (AM), vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA) superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione peroxidase (GPx) (p
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