Let-7b miRNA expression in Patients with Iron Deficiency Anemia after Bariatric surgery.
Gad, S., Arafa, A., Hussein, S., Abdelazem, A., Ateya, A., Mousa, M. (2024). Let-7b miRNA expression in Patients with Iron Deficiency Anemia after Bariatric surgery.. EKB Journal Management System, 7(1), 98-109. doi: 10.21608/ajgh.2024.254932.1046
Said Abdel Baky Gad; Ayman Fathy Arafa; Samia Hussein; Abdallah Abdelazem; Aliaa Ateya; Mayada Mousa. "Let-7b miRNA expression in Patients with Iron Deficiency Anemia after Bariatric surgery.". EKB Journal Management System, 7, 1, 2024, 98-109. doi: 10.21608/ajgh.2024.254932.1046
Gad, S., Arafa, A., Hussein, S., Abdelazem, A., Ateya, A., Mousa, M. (2024). 'Let-7b miRNA expression in Patients with Iron Deficiency Anemia after Bariatric surgery.', EKB Journal Management System, 7(1), pp. 98-109. doi: 10.21608/ajgh.2024.254932.1046
Gad, S., Arafa, A., Hussein, S., Abdelazem, A., Ateya, A., Mousa, M. Let-7b miRNA expression in Patients with Iron Deficiency Anemia after Bariatric surgery.. EKB Journal Management System, 2024; 7(1): 98-109. doi: 10.21608/ajgh.2024.254932.1046

Let-7b miRNA expression in Patients with Iron Deficiency Anemia after Bariatric surgery.

African Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Volume 7, Issue 1, 2024, Page 98-109  XML PDF (591.71 K)
Document Type: Original Clinical
DOI: 10.21608/ajgh.2024.254932.1046
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Authors
Said Abdel Baky Gad1; Ayman Fathy Arafaorcid 1; Samia Hussein email orcid 2; Abdallah Abdelazem3; Aliaa Ateya1; Mayada Mousa1
1Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt.
2Medical Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Egypt
3Department of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Suez University, P.O. Box: 43221, Suez, Egypt.
Abstract
Aims: This study aimed to evaluate the expression of miR-let-7b in patients with anemia after bariatric surgery. Also, to investigate the correlation between miR-Let-7b expression and iron profile and copper serum levels.
Patients and Methods: This study included 50 participants from both sexes divided into 25 anemic subjects and 25 healthy individuals. All participants underwent entire history taking, thorough clinical examination, and laboratory investigations, including serum copper and iron measurements. Serum miR-let-7b expression was estimated by real-time polymerase chain reaction.
Results: There was a statistically significant increase in miR-let-7b expression in anemic patients after bariatric surgery compared to healthy individuals. Also, there were highly statistically significant negative correlations between miR-let-7b expression and each of serum iron (r=-0.883, P<0.001) and serum copper (r=-0.797, P<0.001). Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve results for miR-let-7b expression demonstrated that at a cut-off> 1.22, the area under the curve (AUC) equals 1.0 (P <0.001), the sensitivity was 100%, the specificity was 98%, positive predictive value (PPV) was 96.6%, negative predictive value (NPV) was 100%, and accuracy was 98%.
Conclusions: Mir-let-7b upregulation is associated with iron and copper deficiency in anemic patients after bariatric surgery. 
Keywords
Bariatric surgery; copper, iron deficiency anemia; Mir-let-7b expression; real-time polymerase chain reaction; iron profile; Receiver operating curve
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