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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-5-24
pubmed:abstractText
To test the effects of fluvastatin on low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor activity in patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia, the authors measured LDL receptor activity in stimulated T-lymphocytes prepared from 34 patients before and after treatment with 40 mg fluvastatin daily for 12 weeks. Maximally induced pretreatment LDL receptor activities did not correlate with pretreatment plasma cholesterol levels or with changes in plasma cholesterol levels during treatment, and there were no significant changes in LDL receptor activity during treatment. Barring methodological problems, two explanations are possible. Insofar that LDL receptor activity in lymphocytes reflects LDL receptor activity in the liver, the results suggest that the primary response to treatment with fluvastatin in heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) patients is not enhanced LDL receptor activity. Alternatively, fluvastatin increases LDL receptor activity in hepatocytes but has little effect on receptor-dependent lipoprotein catabolism in extrahepatic tissues in vivo.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/3,3'-dioctadecylindocarbocyanine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antibodies, Monoclonal, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Anticholesteremic Agents, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Carbocyanines, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cholesterol, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cholesterol, HDL, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cholesterol, LDL, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Indoles, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Lipoproteins, LDL, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, LDL, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Triglycerides, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/fluvastatin
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0091-2700
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
40
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
421-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10761170-Amino Acid Substitution, pubmed-meshheading:10761170-Antibodies, Monoclonal, pubmed-meshheading:10761170-Anticholesteremic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:10761170-Carbocyanines, pubmed-meshheading:10761170-Cholesterol, pubmed-meshheading:10761170-Cholesterol, HDL, pubmed-meshheading:10761170-Cholesterol, LDL, pubmed-meshheading:10761170-Cross-Over Studies, pubmed-meshheading:10761170-Data Interpretation, Statistical, pubmed-meshheading:10761170-Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated, pubmed-meshheading:10761170-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:10761170-Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate, pubmed-meshheading:10761170-Heterozygote, pubmed-meshheading:10761170-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10761170-Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II, pubmed-meshheading:10761170-Indoles, pubmed-meshheading:10761170-Lipoproteins, LDL, pubmed-meshheading:10761170-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:10761170-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:10761170-Receptors, LDL, pubmed-meshheading:10761170-T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:10761170-Triglycerides
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Flow cytometric assessment of effects of fluvastatin on low-density lipoprotein receptor activity in stimulated T-lymphocytes from patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Aarhus Amtssygehus University Hospital, Denmark.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Controlled Clinical Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't