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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-12-14
pubmed:abstractText
Cytotoxic precipitation of free ?-globin monomers and its production of reactive oxygen species cause red cell membrane damage that leads to anemia and eventually ineffective erythropoiesis in ?-thalassemia. Alpha hemoglobin stabilizing protein (AHSP) was found to bind only to free ?-globin monomers creating a stable and inert complex which remains soluble in the cytoplasm thus preventing harmful precipitations. Alpha hemoglobin stabilizing protein was shown to bind nascent ?-globin monomers with transient strength before transferring ?-globin to ?-globin to form hemoglobin tetramer. A classical twin study would be beneficial to investigate the role of genetics and environment in the variation of alpha hemoglobin stabilizing protein expression as this knowledge will enable us to determine further investigations with regards to therapeutic interventions if alpha hemoglobin stabilizing protein is to be a therapeutic agent for ?-thalassemia. This study investigates the heritability influence of alpha hemoglobin stabilizing protein expression and factors that may contribute to this. Results indicated that a major proportion of alpha hemoglobin stabilizing protein expression was influenced by genetic heritability (46%) with cis-acting factors accounting for 19% and trans-acting factors at 27%.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1832-4274
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
567-72
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21142933-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:21142933-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:21142933-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:21142933-Blood Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:21142933-Diseases in Twins, pubmed-meshheading:21142933-Female, pubmed-meshheading:21142933-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:21142933-Genetic Predisposition to Disease, pubmed-meshheading:21142933-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:21142933-Male, pubmed-meshheading:21142933-Microsatellite Repeats, pubmed-meshheading:21142933-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:21142933-Molecular Chaperones, pubmed-meshheading:21142933-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:21142933-Regulatory Elements, Transcriptional, pubmed-meshheading:21142933-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:21142933-Twins, Dizygotic, pubmed-meshheading:21142933-Twins, Monozygotic, pubmed-meshheading:21142933-Young Adult, pubmed-meshheading:21142933-beta-Thalassemia
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
A twins heritability study on alpha hemoglobin stabilizing protein (AHSP) expression variability.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia. laimeii@medic.upm.edu.my
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Twin Study