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CC BY-NC 4.0 · Arch Plast Surg 2014; 41(01): 35-39
DOI: 10.5999/aps.2014.41.1.35
Original Article

Elevated Aurora Kinase A Protein Expression in Diabetic Skin Tissue

Authors

  • Moon Kyun Cho

    Department of Dermatology, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
  • Je Min An

    Department of Dermatology, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
  • Chul Han Kim

    Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
  • Sang Gue Kang

    Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Supported by: Soonchunhyang University

BackgroundAurora kinase A (Aurora-A) plays an important role in the regulation of mitosis and cytokinesis. Dysregulated Aurora-A leads to mitotic faults and results in pathological conditions. No studies on Aurora-A expression in human diabetic skin tissue have been reported. In light of this, we explored the expression of Aurora-A in human diabetic skin tissue.

Methods Aurora-A protein was evaluated by western blotting in 6 human diabetic skin tissue and 6 normal skin specimens.

Results Increased expression of Aurora-A protein was detected in all diabetic skin tissue samples in both western blot analysis and immunohistochemical staining. However, in the case of the normal skin tissue, no bands of Aurora-A protein were detected in either the western blotting analysis or the immunohistochemical staining.

Conclusions Thus far, there have been no studies on the expression of Aurora-A in diabetic skin tissue. However, we believe that oxidative DNA damage related to the expression of Aurora-A protein and Aurora-A could be involved inhuman diabetic skin tissue.

This work was supported by the Soonchunhyang University Research Fund.




Publication History

Received: 30 May 2013

Accepted: 02 September 2013

Article published online:
02 May 2022

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