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ArticlePloS one2013

Multimeric stability of human C-reactive protein in archived specimens.

Qiling Li, Ting Kang, Xiaohua Tian, Yamin Ma, Min Li, Jendai Richards, Tameka Bythwood, Yueling Wang, Xu Li, Dong Liu and 2 more

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Article in PloS one, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Qiling LiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
Ting Kang
Xiaohua Tian
Yamin Ma
Min Li
Jendai Richards
Tameka Bythwood
Yueling Wang
Xu Li
Dong Liu
Li Ma
Qing Song
Morehouse School of Medicine · USFirst Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University · CNCentral South University · CN

Funding

Morehouse School of Medicine Center of Excellence Research Endowment ProgramS21MD000101 · NIMHD · MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI MONTGOMERY-RICE, VALERIE C. · 2001 to 2015
$74.3M
TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS AND PROSTATE CANCERG12RR003034 · NCRR · MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI ZHAO, XUEYING · 1986 to 2011
$32.4M
Minority Health-GRID Network: A Genomics Resource for Health Disparity ResearchRC4MD005964 · NIMHD · MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI DAVIS, ROBERT LOWELL, NICKERSON, DEBORAH A · 2010 to 2010
$13.3M
ENHANCEMENT OF CARDIOVASCULAR AND RELATED RESEARCH AREASUH1HL003676 · NHLBI · MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI GIBBONS, GARY HUGH · 1996 to 2004
$5.3M
RECRUITMENT COREU54RR014758 · NCRR · MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI LI, RONGLING · 1999 to 2004
$4.2M
MSM Cardiovascular Center of ExcellenceR25HL003676 · NHLBI · MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI GIBBONS, GARY H · 2005 to 2009
$3.7M
Haplotype Analysis in Linkage Disequilibrium MappingR01GM074913 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI ZHANG, KUI · 2006 to 2010
$1.1M
Determining the Phased Genome SequencesR21HG006173 · NHGRI · MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI SONG, QING · 2012 to 2013
$389k
Establish a Transgenic Model of Human C-Reactive Protein Over-expression in RatsSC2HL095098 · NHLBI · MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE · PI WANG, QINGWEI · 2008 to 2010
$315k
NCRR NIH HHS G12 RR003034NCRR NIH HHS RR003034NCRR NIH HHS RR014758NCRR NIH HHS U54 RR014758NHGRI NIH HHS R21 HG006173NHGRI NIH HHS R21HG006173NHLBI NIH HHS HL003676NHLBI NIH HHS HL095098NHLBI NIH HHS R25 HL003676NHLBI NIH HHS SC2 HL095098NHLBI NIH HHS UH1 HL003676NIGMS NIH HHS GM74913NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM074913NIMHD NIH HHS RC4 MD005964NIMHD NIH HHS RC4MD005964NIMHD NIH HHS S21 MD000101
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundC-reactive protein (CRP) is a marker of inflammation and a risk predictor of cardiovascular disease. Current CRP assays are focused on the quantification of the CRP levels as pentamers. However, CRP can be present as other multimeric forms. There will be a market need to measure the CRP multimeric structure in addition to the levels in human populations. To meet this need, we investigated whether the long-term archived samples could be used instead of freshly collected samples. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL

findingsThe specimens of serum, plasma and tissues were collected from transgenic rats expressing the human CRP. These samples were stored at 4°C, -20°C and -80°C for different periods. Non-denaturing Western blot analysis was used to observe the influence of storage conditions to multimeric structures of human CRP. Our results showed that there was no difference on multimeric structures of human CRP between samples stored at 4°C, -20°C and -80°C, between samples stored at -80°C for twenty-four hours and three months, and between plasma and serum. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: This study implicated that archived samples stored at these conditions in those large longitudinal studies could be used for investigating the multimeric structures of CRP. Our report may speed up these researches and save labors and budget by enabling them to use currently available archived samples rather than freshly collected samples.

Indexed as

AnimalsBiomarkersC-Reactive ProteinCryopreservationHumansProtein ConformationProtein MultimerizationProtein StabilityRatsRats, TransgenicTemperatureTime FactorsTissue PreservationBiomarkersC-Reactive Protein

Identifiers

PMID23516433
PMCPMC3597618
OpenAlexW1972554106

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