Hyperlipidemia is a rare cause of pancreatitis. It has been believed that free fatty acids released from hydrolyzed serum chylomicrons or triglycerides and chylomicrons induce hyperlipidemic pancreatitis by damaging acinar cells and capillaries. Type I, IV or V hyperlipidemic (Fredrickson's classification) pancreatitides have distinctive features of increased and heightened serum chylomicron an...

the present study was aimed at evaluating the lipid lowering activity of lercanidipine, a calcium channel blocker, in standard diet induced hyperlipidemic rats. hyperlipidemic rats were divided into different groups and were treated with daily oral dose of lercanidipine and atorvastatin for 7 days. on 8 th day, blood samples were collected and analyzed for serum lipid levels using commercial ki...

The present study was aimed at evaluating the lipid lowering activity of lercanidipine, a calcium channel blocker, in standard diet induced hyperlipidemic rats. Hyperlipidemic rats were divided into different groups and were treated with daily oral dose of lercanidipine and atorvastatin for 7 days. On 8 th day, blood samples were collected and analyzed for serum lipid levels using commercial k...

Background: The etiology and pathogenesis of hyperlipidemic pancreatitis are not yet fully understood, and the relationship between the severity and different causes of this disease is still not clear. Now the treatment of hyperlipidemic pancreatitis is mainly to reduce the elevated serum triglyceride and control the secondary risk factors. For severe hyperlipidemic pancreatitis, which can dete...

We previously reported that sugar levels in the silkworm hemolymph, i.e., blood, increase immediately (within 1 h) after intake of a high-glucose diet, and that the administration of human insulin decreases elevated hemolymph sugar levels in silkworms. In this hyperglycemic silkworm model, however, administration of pioglitazone or metformin, drugs used clinically for the treatment of type II d...

Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the changes and underlying mechanisms of erectile organ structure and function in hyperlipidemic rats. Materials and Methods: Sixteen male rats were fed a normal diet to serve as controls, and the other sixteen rats were induced to develop hyperlipidemia with a high fat diet. After 4 months, the penile tissues were harvested and assessed for smo...

BACKGROUND Based on the observation that ultrasmall superparamagnetic particles of iron oxides (USPIOs) are phagocytosed by cells of the mononuclear phagocytic system, the purpose of this study was to evaluate their use as a marker of atherosclerosis-associated inflammatory changes in the vessel wall before luminal narrowing is present. METHODS AND RESULTS Experiments were conducted on 6 heri...