The very low density lipoprotein receptor (VLDLR) has been proposed to play a role in the delivery of fatty acids to peripheral tissues. However, despite reduced adipose tissue mass in VLDLR-deficient (VLDLR(-)(/-)) mice, this has been difficult to substantiate. In the present study, VLDLR-deficient and VLDLR-overexpressing (PVL) mice were cross-bred onto a low density lipoprotein receptor knoc...

Cilostazol, a selective type III phosphodiesterase inhibitor, has antiplatelet and vasodilating effects. In this study, the effects of cilostazol on lipid metabolism and lipoprotein lipase (LPL) activity were studied in rats. Cilostazol was administered orally at doses of 30 or 100 mg/kg twice a day for 1-2 weeks to rats. Cilostazol decreased the serum triglyceride level in normolipidemic rats....

OBJECTIVE To study the effectiveness of nicotinic acid and Bezafibrate alone and in combination for reducing triglyceride level. DESIGN It was a randomised, prospective, longitudinal study. SETTING Patients attending a private clinic, and medical department of Kathmandu Medical College, Sinamangal. METHODS This study included 83 consecutive patients, 19 females and 64 males with hypertrig...

BACKGROUND Musculoskeletal disorders are very common among the diabetic patients and frozen shoulder is one of the disabling conditions. The present study was conducted to compare the serum triglyceride level among the patients of type 2 diabetic presented with and without frozen shoulder. METHODOLOGY This case control study was conducted from January 2008 to December 2009, in the department ...

Changes in serum triglyceride and high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol after a fatty meal have been studied in smokers and nonsmokers. Average serum triglyceride during the study was higher in smokers than in non-smokers. In non-smokers there was a rise in the HDL2/HDL3 cholesterol ratio after oral fat, but not in smokers. These findings are compatible with the hypothesis that smoking int...

OBJECTIVES To determine the effects of cigarette smoking on the level of serum cholesterol and triglyceride among priests in Bangkok area. MATERIALS AND METHOD Serum total cholesterol and triglyceride were evaluated in the process of health check-up among 401 priests in Bangkok and a questionnaire about cigarette smoking was given. RESULTS From the 401 priests, 76.3% of priests were more th...

Recently we became aware that serum triglyceride results are falsely increased when determined immediately following any of the ethylene glycol-treated liquid-control products (Beckman Instruments, Inc., Brea, CA 92621) in the aca (Du Pont Co., Clinical Systems Division, Wilmington, DE 19898). We believe this is the first report of a significant sample-interaction effect for the aca, and that o...

The condition of elevated concentrations ‎triglyceride in ‎the blood is called hypertriglyceridemia, which ‎triggers the onset some physiological disorder. This study was carried out to find ‎correlation between body weight and ‎hypertriglyceridemia. ‎Out 518 cases, 342 individuals were underweight, with ‎mass index (BMI) values ≤18, while their mean ‎serum triglyceride level 172.4 ± 25.2mg/dl....

To evaluate the effects of season, sex and age on serum concentrations of thyroid hormones, cholesterol and triglyceride, and their correlations together in dromedarian camels, these parameters were measured in 180 clinically healthy dromedary camels. No significant difference was detected for the measured serum parameters between the two sexes and among the different age groups of camels and n...