Research Article

Erythrocyte Senescence in a Model of Rat Displaying Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome

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Erythrocyte lipid peroxidation measured as malondialdehyde (MDA) level. The values expressed are mean ± SD of eight independent studies. Compared to the young control group, MDA level was significantly () elevated in all, the young erythrocyte, the old erythrocytes, and unfractionated erythrocytes of the old control group. Induction of progeria significantly () increased the erythrocyte MDA content in all fractions of erythrocytes of progeroid rats compared to the corresponding young control group. The overall MDA content of the progeroid group approached the value near to the old control group with nonsignificant difference.