In this study, the effects of Urtica dioica hydro-alcoholic extract were investigated on the blood glucose and lipid profiles of female ovariectomized and non-ovariectomized rats. In total, 32 adult female rats were divided into four groups (eight each) including control and ovariectomy groups as well as non-ovariectomy and ovariectomy groups treated with 200 mg kg-1 of ...

In vitro interactions of purified lipoprotein lipase with plasma from type IV hyperlipidemic and normolipidemic subjects were studied using an automated cholesterol analysis adaptation to single vertical spin centrifugation. Lipolysis for 60 min of normolipidemic plasma (control) supplemented with autologous very low density lipoprotein (VLDL) resulted in a progressive conversion of VLDL to low...

1.1. Lipoprotein abnormalities in atherosclerosis, the role of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) The inverse relationship between plasma levels of HDL and coronary heart disease (CHD) has been demonstrated in a number of observational epidemiological studies, such as Framingham Heart Study, and Prospective Cardiovascular Münster Study (PROCAM), as well as in several intervention studies, for examp...

In this study, we evaluated whether human serum and lipoproteins, especially high-density lipoprotein (HDL), affected serum amyloid A (SAA)-induced cytokine release. We verified the effects of SAA on THP-1 cells in serum-free medium compared to medium containing human serum or lipoprotein-deficient serum. SAA-induced tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) production was higher in the medium conta...

Background: Splenectomy is a common treatment for beta thalassemia. It not only eliminates many complications by reducing the need for blood transfusion, but also causes new complications that threaten the patientschr('39') health. The aim of this study was to determine if splenectomy could alter the lipid profile and glucose metabolism in beta thalassemia major patients. Methods: In this case-...

Wolman disease is a very rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder. The patients have the typical clinical finding of hepatosplenomegaly but with an abnormal lipid profile high levels total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides, and low-density lipoprotein (LDL-C), low level high-density (HDL-C). We report 1-month-old boy who had atypical TC level, both LDL-C HDL-C. study revealed compound heterozygo...

The aim of this study was investigating some blood parameters of blue-neck male ostriches (Struthio camelus) with 4 months old after feeding a diet containing 3% sunflower oil for two months. In the morning, after about 12 h of fasting, some blood samples were collected from the wing vein of ostriches at the beginning and 60 days of study in department of animal sceince Arak university . The pl...

Freshly prepared rat testicular membranes bind iodinated rat high density lipoprotein (HDL) with high affinity (Kd = 32 microgram of HDL protein/ml). This high density lipoprotein binding differs from low density lipoprotein binding by cultured human fibroblast cells in two ways; it is not affected by Ca2+ or ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, and it is not sensitive to pronase and trypsin. Testi...

The role of lipoprotein lipase (LPL) in the generation of low density lipoprotein (LDL) and high density lipoprotein (HDL) was investigated. Intravenous injections of high titer goat antiserum against highly purified chicken LPL into fasted roosters quantitatively blocks the removal of plasma VLDL triglyceride (1976. J. Lipid Res. 17: 498-505). Analyses of the chemical components of lipoprotein...