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ArticleJournal of occupational health2016

Differential gene expression associated with inflammation in peripheral blood cells of patients with pneumoconiosis.

Shu-Jun Liu, Ping Wang, Jie Jiao, Lin Han, Yu-Min Lu

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Article in Journal of occupational health, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shu-Jun LiuThe Second Clinical Medical College, Nanchang University.
Ping Wang
Jie Jiao
Lin Han
Yu-Min Lu
Henan Provincial Institute of Occupational Health · CNNanchang University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo study expression changes in inflammation-related genes in peripheral blood of patients with pneumoconiosis and to explore the possibility of these genes as pneumoconiosis biomarkers.

methodsPeripheral blood samples of patients with pneumoconiosis patients and controls were collected, and total RNA of the blood cells were extracted and reverse transcribed to cDNA. Screenings of deferentially expressed genes associated with inflammation between patients with pneumoconiosis and controls were performed using real-time quantitative PCR array and the expressions of the three most upregulated genes were confirmed by real-time PCR.

resultsThe expression of 11 genes was significantly altered in patients with pneumoconiosis compared with those of the control. Among these 11 genes, 8 genes were upregulated and 3 were downregulated. Preliminary results indicated that interleukin 6 (IL-6) mRNA expression in patients with pneumoconiosis was higher than that in controls (P=0.019). The level of IL6 mRNA expression in the patients was higher than that in non-smoking controls, but it was neither affected by type and stage of pneumoconiosis nor by time of contact with dust.

conclusionsIL6 was possibly involved in the development of pneumoconiosis.

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Gene ExpressionAdultAnthracosisBiomarkersBlood CellsCase-Control StudiesCoal MiningDustFemaleGenetic MarkersHumansInterleukin-6MaleMiddle AgedOccupational ExposureReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionBiomarkersDustGenetic MarkersIL6 protein, humanInterleukin-6RNA, Messenger

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PMID27265534
PMCPMC5356945
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