Evidence mapPaperPMID 221546Full record

ArticleThe Journal of clinical investigation1979

Metabolic studies in an unusual case of asymptomatic familial hypobetalipoproteinemia with hypolphalipoproteinemia and fasting chylomicronemia.

D Steinberg, S M Grundy, H Y Mok, J D Turner, D B Weinstein, W V Brown, J J Albers

Abstract readCase Reports
In one paragraph

Article in The Journal of clinical investigation, 1979. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed
field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. Article
  4. Review
  5. Targeted modification of the apolipoprotein B gene results in hypobetalipoproteinemia and developmental abnormalities in mice.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 1993
    Article
  6. Reading-frame restoration with an apolipoprotein B gene frameshift mutation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 1992
    Article
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. Familial disorders of plasma apolipoproteins.Klinische Wochenschrift · 1985
    Article
  15. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

D Steinberg
S M Grundy
H Y Mok
J D Turner
D B Weinstein
W V Brown
J J Albers

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A new kindred with asymptomatic hypobetalipoproteinemia is reported. The proband, age 67, differs from previously described cases in several respects: (a) unusually low levels of low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol (4-8 mg/dl); (b) normal triglyceride levels; (c) low levels of high density lipoprotein; (d) mild fat malabsorption; and (e) a defect in chylomicron clearance. On a high-carbohydrate diet his plasma triglyceride levels, instead of rising, actually fell. Turnover of triglycerides in very low density lipoproteins (VLDL) was low (2.8 mg/kg per h). Fractional catabolic rate of LDL protein was just above the normal range (0.655/d) but net turnover was <10% of normal (0.65 mg/kg per d). The half-life of his chylomicrons was 29 min, five times the normal value. Postheparin lipoprotein lipase activity was normal and apolipoprotein C-II, the activator protein for lipoprotein lipase, was present and functional. Apolipoprotein C-III(1), however, was not detected in the VLDL fraction, a finding previously reported in patients with abetalipoproteinemia. Fecal excretion of cholesterol was almost twice normal; total sterol balance was increased by congruent with40%. The unusual features in the proband that distinguish him from previously described cases and from his affected first-degree relatives suggested that, in addition to the basic gene defect affecting LDL metabolism, he might have a second abnormality affecting clearance of chylomicrons and VLDL. The ratio of apolipoprotein E(3) to E(2) in his VLDL fraction was 0.93, just below the lower limit of normal, suggesting heterozygosity for E(3) deficiency. Whether or not this contributes to his hypertriglyceridemia remains to be established.

Indexed as

AdultAgedApolipoproteinsBlood ProteinsCholesterolChylomicronsDietary FatsFastingFemaleHumansHypobetalipoproteinemiasHypolipoproteinemiasLipidsLipoproteins, HDLLipoproteins, LDLLipoproteins, VLDLApolipoproteinsBlood ProteinsCholesterolChylomicronsDietary FatsLipidsLipoproteins, HDLLipoproteins, LDLLipoproteins, VLDL

Identifiers

PMID221546
PMCPMC372117

What Socratic holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.