Tissue lipids in leprosy.
A total of 30 cases of leprosy (15 lepromatous and 15 tuberculoid) were studied by histochemical procedures for lipids in the morbid skin. The possible origin and relation of lipids to the presence of lepra bacilli in the lepra cells is discussed.
D002784:Cholesterol / Q000378:metabolism; D002788:Cholesterol Esters / Q000378:metabolism; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000378:metabolism*; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D009166:Mycobacterium leprae / Q000378:metabolism; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000378:metabolism; D012867:Skin / Q000378:metabolism*
D002788:Cholesterol Esters; D005227:Fatty Acids; D010743:Phospholipids; D002784:Cholesterol