Objectives. Reduction in serum lipoproteins, especially LDL cholesterol, is a preventive approach against atherosclerosis. Bloodletting has been a recommended method to reduce serum lipoprotein concentrations. Present study was conducted to investigate the effects of wet cupping as a method of bloodletting on serum lipoproteins. In a randomized controlled trial, 47 men, 18-25 years old, without...

In the past few years several methods have been developed for the analysis of serum lipoproteins. Lindgren, Elliott, and Gofman (1) have utilized the relatively low density of the lipoproteins to separate them from the other serum proteins by ultracentrifugal flotation. Quantitation was subsequently performed by refractometric methods in the analytical ultracentrifuge. Separations of lipoprotei...

Radioiodinated apolipoprotein E, added in small amounts to rat serum, rapidly associates with the serum very low density lipoproteins and high density lipoproteins in proportion to their content of endogenous and apolipoprotein E. The labeled lipoproteins can be separated, without ultracentrifugation, by molecular sieve chromatography. When these labeled lipoproteins are injected intravenously ...

over a period of 5 months for comparison with levels in people who develop mlyocardial infarction. We have studied 107 normal men for 7 years. Among these 11 developed infarction and 6 angina pectoris. Little change in lipid levels was associated with these events. Electrophoretic patterns early after infarction showed certain relatively characteristic changes, especially increase in a-2 and /3...