Cardiac Isoform of Alpha 2 Macroglobulin and Its Reliability as a Cardiac Marker in HIV Patients

Subbiah, Ramasamy; Chengat, Vipindas; Clifton, Justin D.; Rathinavel, Andiappan; Bidulescu, Aurelian; Tharmarajan, Ramprasath; Selvam, Govindan Sadasivam

doi:10.1016/j.hlc.2009.10.005

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Volume 19, Issue 2 , Pages 93-95, February 2010

Cardiac Isoform of Alpha 2 Macroglobulin and Its Reliability as a Cardiac Marker in HIV Patients

Ramasamy Subbiah, PhD
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India
- Department of Biochemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- These authors equally contributed to this work.
Vipindas Chengat, MD
- Department of Medicine, John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, IL, USA
- Department of Medicine, Madurai Medical College, India
- These authors equally contributed to this work.
Justin D. Clifton, PhD
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Andiappan Rathinavel, PhD
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India
- Department of Cardio Thoracic Surgery, Madurai Medical College, Madurai, India
Aurelian Bidulescu, PhD
- Cardiovascular Research Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
- Department of Community Health and Preventive Medicine, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
Ramprasath Tharmarajan, MSc
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India
Govindan Sadasivam Selvam, PhD
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, India
- Corresponding author at: Department of Biochemistry, Center for Advanced Studies in Functional Genomics, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai 625021, Tamil Nadu, India. Tel.: +91 452 2458223; fax: +91 452 2458223.