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ArticleDiabetologia1993

Abnormal distribution of VLDL subfractions in type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetic patients: could plasma lipase activities play a role?

L Patti, G Romano, L Di Marino, G Annuzzi, M Mancini, G Riccardi, A A Rivellese

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Article in Diabetologia, 1993. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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L PattiInstitute of Internal Medicine and Metabolic Diseases, Second Medical School, University Federico II, Naples, Italy.
G Romano
L Di Marino
G Annuzzi
M Mancini
G Riccardi
A A Rivellese

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Abstract

Very low density lipoproteins (VLDL) have an abnormal lipid composition in Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetic patients. Since VLDL represent a heterogeneous lipoprotein class, this might be due either to a shift in the distribution or to an abnormal composition of VLDL subclasses or both. In order to investigate these possibilities and to evaluate possible pathogenetic mechanisms, lipid composition (non-esterified and esterified cholesterol, triglycerides, phospholipids) of four VLDL subfractions of decreasing size (A: Svedberg flotation unit [Sf] > 400, B: Sf > 400, B: Sf 175-400, C: Sf 100-175, D: Sf 20-100), isolated by density gradient preparative ultracentrifugation, and plasma post-heparin lipolytic activity (lipoprotein lipase and hepatic lipase) were evaluated in 13 male normolipidaemic insulin-dependent diabetic patients in good glycaemic control (HbAlc 6.9 +/- 0.5%) (mean +/- SEM) and 9 male control subjects matched for age, body mass index and plasma lipid values. Compared to control subjects, diabetic patients showed a reduced total lipid concentration of VLDL of intermediate size (B and C) reaching statistical significance only for VLDL C (0.16 +/- 0.02 vs 0.24 +/- 0.03 mmol/l; p < 0.05). Expressing each VLDL subfraction as percent of the total VLDL lipid concentration, a significant decrease in particles of intermediate size (C) (20.5 +/- 1.6 vs 27.9 +/- 1.5%; p < 0.005) was present, which was compensated by an increase in the smallest ones (D) (50.5 +/- 2.7 vs 37.4 +/- 3.1%; p < 0.05).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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AdultColorimetryDiabetes Mellitus, Type 1HumansInsulinLipaseLipoproteins, VLDLLiverMaleUltracentrifugationInsulinLipaseLipoproteins, VLDL

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