title: Differential gene expression in hemodialysis patients with "cold" zheng.
abstract: The aim of the present study was to search for the differential gene expression and measure the serum level of a number of biochemical parameters in the cold zheng (CZ) and non-cold zheng (NCZ) in patients receiving hemodialysis. Hemodialysis (HD) patients were randomly selected from the CZ and NCZ groups. The between-group differences in gene expression were assessed using complementary DNA (cDNA) microarray. Differential gene expression was further validated by real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Our results demonstrated that the up-regulation of the inflammation-associated genes, ALOX5AP, S100A8 and S100A12, down-regulation of the genes related to immunity (DEFA4), metabolism (GNG11, PYGB, PRKAR2B), and growth/proliferation (HSF2, DDR2, TK1) were found in the CZ group. Furthermore, the CZ HD patients had significantly lower serum albumin levels compared with their NCZ counterparts (3.31 +/- 0.08 g/dL versus 4.18 +/- 0.12 g/dL). It appears reasonable to conclude that up-regulated inflammatory-gene expression (ALOX5AP, S100A8 and S100A12) may play an important role in CZ HD patients.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chinese Medical Sciences, China Medical University, 91 Hsueh Shih Road, Taichung 404, Taiwan, R.O.C.
authors.forename: Chia-Sheng
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Li-Wei
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Chia-Chang
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Hsieh
authors.forename: Guang-Wei
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Wen-Huang
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Ming-Tsuen
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Hsieh
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis