Research Article

Marked Changes in Serum Amyloid A Distribution and High-Density Lipoprotein Structure during Acute Inflammation

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Changes in HDL apoA-I distribution after surgery. HDL fractions were isolated from patient plasma () before (PRE) and just after (POST) orthopedic surgery and on postoperative days (POD) 1, 3, and 6 or 7 by ultracentrifugation. Fractions were subjected to Native-PAGE (1.0 μg/lane) followed by western blotting for apoA-I. A representative profile is shown (a). For each patient, the HDL particle size range was determined by densitometry and the percentage of range decrease on POD3 compared to POST was compared with the plasma SAA level on POD3 (b). The correlation was estimated by Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient test.
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