Abstract Objective It is well established that patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) have a disrupted lipid profile and an increased cardiovascular risk. Cholesterol efflux capacity (CEC), the ability of high-density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol to accept cholesterol from macrophages, has been linked events. The aim this study was establish whether CEC were impaired in SSc respect controls th...

Background: By lowering LDL cholesterol levels, the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) and other serious vascular events can be significantly reduced. In order to prevent cardiovascular illnesses (CVD), mainly disease, LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C) levels must tightly controlled on both a primary secondary level (CHD). Despite fact that patients in prevention experience higher absolute number ather...

The influence of different photophases (0, 6, 12, 18 and 24 hours) on the triglycerides and total cholesterol contents in the hemolymph of A. fulica was evaluated, since there is no information in the literature about the influence of this factor on lipids metabolism in mollusks. After 2 and 4 weeks of exposure the snails were dissected. The cholesterol content at the 2nd and 4th weeks post exp...

UNLABELLED Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) has been used as an immunomodulatory treatment for several immune-mediated diseases. Early effects of high-dose IVIG treatment on biochemical profiles including lipids and proteins were evaluated in patients with Kawasaki disease (KD). Twelve children with KD (9 boys) were treated with IVIG at 2 g/kg over a period of 12 h. Serial sera samples were co...

The role of liver endothelial and Kupffer cells in the hepatic uptake of cholesterol-rich low density lipoprotein (LDL) was studied in rabbits fed a diet containing 2% (w/w) cholesterol for 3 weeks. 125I-labeled tyramine cellobiose-labeled cholesterol-rich LDL was injected intravenously into rabbits, and parenchymal and nonparenchymal liver cells were isolated 24 h after injection. The hepatic ...

The Common carp, Cyprinus carpio was exposed to sublethal concentrations of chromium for various exposure periods (8, 16, 24 and 32days). Serum glucose, total protein, total cholesterol, serum GOT and GPT were measured both in control and experimental fish. During various exposure periods (8, 16, 24 and 32 days), the levels of serum glucose, total cholesterol, GOT and GPT levelss were (P<0.05) ...

Kinetics of [24-14C] cholic acid and [24-14C] chenodeoxycholic acid and biliary lipid composition were determined in patients with chronic alcoholic pancreatitis with (n = 8) and without (n = 8) steatorrhoea. Pool sizes, syntheses and fractional catabolic rates of the two bile acids were not significantly different from corresponding values in healthy controls. Biliary lipid composition was nor...

Alterations in blood glucose and cholesterol are more frequently detectable in hypertensive than in normotensive conditions. However, no information exists as to whether this phenomenon involves only office or also home and 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure (ie, when values are representative of daily life). In 2045 subjects enrolled in the Pressioni Arteriose Monitorate E Loro Associazioni (PA...

OBJECTIVE To determine the relative validity of three food frequency questionnaires (FFQs) compared with results from 24-hour dietary recalls for measuring dietary intakes in Guatemalan schoolchildren. DESIGN A cross-sectional study of primary caregivers (mothers or grandmothers) of 6-11 year-old children. Caregivers completed one of three constructed FFQs to measure the child's dietary consu...

In order to measure the distribution of radioactivity present in the side chain of [24,25-3H]cholesterol prepared by a sequence involving catalytic tritiation of 3 alpha, 5 alpha-cyclocholest-24-en-6 beta-ol 6-methyl ether, the cholesterol was oxidized to 4-cholesten-3-one, which was then cleaved between C-24 and C-25 to afford the C24 alcohol. Oxidation to the corresponding cholenoic acid, fol...