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The non-enzymatic glycation of LDL proteins results in biochemical alterations - A correlation study of Apo B100-AGE with obesity and rheumatoid arthritis.

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Advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) can aggregate amid incessant inflammation, as may be available in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. d-Ribose reacts more promptly than glucose monosaccharide to the proteins and forms… Click to show full abstract

Advanced glycation end-products (AGEs) can aggregate amid incessant inflammation, as may be available in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. d-Ribose reacts more promptly than glucose monosaccharide to the proteins and forms heterogeneous group of products known as AGEs. Obesity includes persons with provocative joint inflammation with increased lipid profile. Immunogenic evidences recommend a cross-sectional relationship between glycated LDL-Apo B100 and inflammation. The point of this examination was to look at the connection between d-ribose glycated ApoB100 (ApoB100-AGE) with obesity and rheumatoid arthritis. The binding specificity of auto-antibodies against ApoB100-AGE antigen present in obesity and rheumatoid arthritis patient's serum were inspected by direct binding and was further established by competitive inhibition ELISA. In the present study, hydroxyl radical, superoxide radical, ketoamine moieties, hydroxyl-methyl furfural (HMF) and carbonyl substances were evaluated in the patients' serum via respective specific methods. The prevalence of auto-antibodies against ApoB100-AGE antigen was recorded to be 58% and 52.86% from obese and rheumatoid arthritis patient respectively in contrast to its native analogue (P < 0.001). Moreover, the autoantibodies present in obese and arthritis patients were found to be highly specific towards ApoB100-AGE as confirmed by inhibition ELISA.

Keywords: age; obesity rheumatoid; rheumatoid arthritis; apo b100; arthritis

Journal Title: International journal of biological macromolecules
Year Published: 2019

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