Table 3.
Temperature (Tm (°C)) of unfolding of B3 protein and Hb, and calorimetric enthalpy (ΔHcal (cal.g−1)) of the endothermic transition of aged RBCs (29-day- to 32-day-aged and 40-day-aged cells). Mean values ± SE.
| TmB3 | TmHb | ΔHcal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Day | 40 Day | 30 Day | 40 Day | 30 Day | 40 Day |
| Healthy | |||||
| 62.02 ± 0.1 | 61.78 ± 0.1 | 70.48 ± 0.2 | 69.64 ± 0.5 | 3.21 ± 0.2 | 2.72 ± 0.3 |
| PD | |||||
| 63.38 ± 0.2 **** | 62.64 ± 0.2 | 71.61 ± 0.2 ** | 71.28 ± 0.1 *** | 2.64 ± 0.3 *** | 2.00 ± 0.1 * |
| ALS | |||||
| 63.06 ± 0.2 **** | 62.69 ± 0.2 | 71.48 ± 0.1 ** | 71.40 ± 0.2 *** | 3.62 ± 0.1 *** | 3.28 ± 0.4 **** |
| AD | |||||
| 62.83 ± 0.1 | 62.42 ± 0.0 | 71.79 ± 0.2 | 71.70 ± 0.1 | 3.40 ± 0.4 | 3.45 ± 0.1 |
Asterisks denote statistically significant difference of the thermodynamic parameters (Tm and ΔHcal) of NDD groups vs. healthy group (* p ≤ 0.04–0.048; ** p ≤ 0.03–0.04; *** p ≤ 0.02–0.03; **** p < 0.002).