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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-11-10
pubmed:abstractText
Oxidation of low density lipoprotein is involved in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. Epidemiological studies suggest a negative correlation between the occurrence of cardiovascular diseases and blood concentrations of lipophilic antioxidants such as vitamin A and E and beta-carotene. Trace elements such as selenium, zinc and copper are involved in the activity of antioxidant enzymes: glutathione peroxidase and superoxide dismutase. The aim of this work was to determine the antioxidant and trace elements status of patients with very severe hypercholesterolemia and who were treated by dextran sulphate low density lipoprotein apheresis, in comparison with two control populations: one constituted by normocholesterolemic subjects and the other by hypercholesterolemic patients before treatment. Our results showed that, as compared with normocholesterolemic subjects, patients treated by LDL-apheresis were not deficient in vitamin E, beta-carotene and copper but had low plasma levels of selenium, zinc and vitamin A. The low selenium and vitamin A levels were due to the treatment by LDL-apheresis by itself, while the hypercholesterolemia of these patients might have provoked the low plasma levels of zinc. This study pointed out the interest of a supplement of selenium, zinc and vitamin A in patients treated by LDL-apheresis.
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0003-4509
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
56
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
18-25
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
[The plasma antioxidant status and trace elements in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia treated with LDL-apheresis].
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratoire de Biochimie Métabolique et Clinique, Faculté de Pharmacie, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, English Abstract