Research Article

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

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Changes in HDL surface charge 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 analyzed by agarose gel electrophoresis followed by Fat Red 7B staining (HDL, 0.5 μg/lane). A representative HDL profile is shown (a). The distance of HDL migration was measured by densitometry. The percentage by which migration decreased from POST to POD3 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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