AIM: Heat shock protein 27 (Hsp27) is a small heat shock protein known to protect the cells from apoptosis under stress. In the present study, we determined the plasma Hsp27 levels in type 2 diabetes subjects without and with microvascular complications- diabetic retinopathy (DRe), diabetic nephropathy (DNe), and diabetic neuropathy (DNu) to understand if it could serve as a marker for these complications. METHODS: This is a hospital-based case-control study with 754 subjects including 247 controls, 195 subjects with diabetes, 123 with DRe, 80 with DNe and 109 with DNu. Plasma Hsp27 levels were measured by ELISA. RESULTS: The mean plasma Hsp27 was higher in the DNe group (631.5±355.2) compared to the control (496.55±308.54), diabetes (523.41±371.01), DRe (494.60±391.48) and DNu (455.21±319.74) groups with a p-value of 0.018. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis of Hsp27 in DNe group showed an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.617. Spearman correlation analysis shows a positive correlation of plasma Hsp27 with serum creatinine (p=0.053, r-value 0.083). Gender, age and BMI did not affect the plasma Hsp27 levels. CONCLUSION: The plasma Hsp27 levels in the DNe group are higher compared to the control and other complications, thereby it could be explored to be used as a potential biomarker of DNe.
AIM: Heat shock protein 27 (Hsp27) is a small heat shock protein known to protect the cells from apoptosis under stress. In the present study, we determined the plasma Hsp27 levels in type 2 diabetes subjects without and with microvascular complications- diabetic retinopathy (DRe), diabetic nephropathy (DNe), and diabetic neuropathy (DNu) to understand if it could serve as a marker for these complications. METHODS: This is a hospital-based case-control study with 754 subjects including 247 controls, 195 subjects with diabetes, 123 with DRe, 80 with DNe and 109 with DNu. Plasma Hsp27 levels were measured by ELISA. RESULTS: The mean plasma Hsp27 was higher in the DNe group (631.5±355.2) compared to the control (496.55±308.54), diabetes (523.41±371.01), DRe (494.60±391.48) and DNu (455.21±319.74) groups with a p-value of 0.018. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis of Hsp27 in DNe group showed an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.617. Spearman correlation analysis shows a positive correlation of plasma Hsp27 with serum creatinine (p=0.053, r-value 0.083). Gender, age and BMI did not affect the plasma Hsp27 levels. CONCLUSION: The plasma Hsp27 levels in the DNe group are higher compared to the control and other complications, thereby it could be explored to be used as a potential biomarker of DNe.
Authors: Abu Saleh Md Moin; Manjula Nandakumar; Hassan Kahal; Thozhukat Sathyapalan; Stephen L Atkin; Alexandra E Butler Journal: Cells Date: 2021-11-10 Impact factor: 6.600
Authors: Matthias Zimmermann; Denise Traxler; Christine Bekos; Elisabeth Simader; Thomas Mueller; Alexandra Graf; Mitja Lainscak; Robert Marčun; Mitja Košnik; Matjaž Fležar; Aleš Rozman; Peter Korošec; Walter Klepetko; Bernhard Moser; Hendrik J Ankersmit Journal: Cell Stress Chaperones Date: 2019-12-09 Impact factor: 3.667