Human Serum Albumin Cys³⁴ Oxidative Modifications following Infiltration in the Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaque

Table 1

Levels of HSA-bound LMW thiols in plasma and plaque assayed by CE-LIF analysis.

HSA-bound thiols	Plasma	Plaque	Plaque versus plasma
	(pmol/nmol HSA)	(pmol/nmol HSA)	𝑃 value*
Cys-Gly	37.5±24.5	5.1±5.6	<0.001
Hcy	23.2±8.7	9.8±12.8	<0.001
Cys	402.2±150.1	324.2±329.0	0.227
GSH	3.4±1.9	9.6±6.5	<0.001
Glu-Cys	1.5±0.9	1.8±1.2	0.347
TOTAL Thiol	468.8±165.2	351.1±345.6	0.097

Values are mean ± SD.
Significant differences are reported in bold (𝑃<0.05).
∗Paired Student’s t-test.