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Trial reportMolecular biology reports2020

Gene expression of thrombomodulin, TNF-α and NF-KB in coronary artery disease patients of Pakistan.

Muhammad Rafiq, Afrose Liaquat, Nadia Saeed, Ghassan Umair Shamshad, Sana Mumtaz, Muhammad Jawad Khan

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Trial report in Molecular biology reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Muhammad RafiqDepartment of Biosciences, COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI), Islamabad, 45550, Pakistan.
Afrose LiaquatShifa College of Medicine, Shifa Tameer-E-Millat University, Islamabad, 45550, Pakistan. afrose.scm@stmu.edu.pk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6410-6953
Nadia SaeedShifa College of Medicine, Shifa Tameer-E-Millat University, Islamabad, 45550, Pakistan.
Ghassan Umair ShamshadArmed Forces Bone Marrow Transplant Centre, Rawalpindi, 46000, Pakistan.
Sana MumtazShifa College of Medicine, Shifa Tameer-E-Millat University, Islamabad, 45550, Pakistan.
Muhammad Jawad KhanDepartment of Biosciences, COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI), Islamabad, 45550, Pakistan. jawadkhan@comsats.edu.pk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9570-1517
Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University · PKCOMSATS University Islamabad · PK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thrombomodulin (THBD) is an endothelial surface glycoprotein receptor, having a pivotal role in maintaining laminar blood flow. It functions to protect endothelial integrity by exhibiting anti-coagulation and anti-inflammatory properties thereby playing a key role in cardiovascular disease (CVD) pathology. Cholesterol lowering drugs have shown to alter the anti-inflammatory effects of cytokines. Understanding the molecular aspects of THBD gene and its relation to inflammatory cytokines is important to identify new prognostic and therapeutic targets for the CVD treatments. The present study was conducted to measure the expression of THBD, TNF-α and NF-kB genes in coronary artery disease patients (CAD) in Pakistani population. Lipid profile and BMI was compared both on fifty CAD patients and fifty healthy individuals. Expression analysis for THBD, TNF-α and NF-kB was carried out using real time PCR. The effect of lipid lowering drugs on cardiometabolic risk variables especially gene expression was analyzed. Our results indicated that the difference in BMI was marginal; however LDL-cholesterol and triglycerides levels in CAD patients were significantly higher than healthy individuals. THBD gene was significantly up-regulated whereas TNF-α and NF-kB were significantly down regulated in CAD individuals. Further exploration revealed that these variations were accounted to the use of statins by the patients. The use of statins by CAD patients up-regulated the mRNA expression of THBD by down-regulation of inflammatory mediators. The enhanced expression of endothelial THBD in response to cholesterol lowering drugs establishes a novel pleiotropic target that can be of clinical significance in thromboembolic and inflammatory disorders.

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Gene Expression RegulationAdultAgedCoronary Artery DiseaseFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNF-kappa BPakistanThrombomodulinTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaNF-kappa BTHBD protein, humanThrombomodulinTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaCoronary artery diseaseGene expressionInflammationStatinsThrombomodulinTumor necrosis factor alpha

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