title: Serum dolichols in different clinical conditions.
abstract: We studied the effect of seven different clinical diseases (viral infections, bacterial infections, malignant diseases, cardiovascular diseases, gastroenterological diseases, endocrinological diseases, and rheumatic diseases) as well as normal pregnancy on serum dolichol concentrations in 76 hospitalized patients and in 10 pregnant women. In contrast to urinary dolichols, serum dolichols were not significantly increased in any of these conditions, suggesting that dolichol levels in serum and urine are independently regulated. Furthermore, we found that serum dolichol concentration does not undergo diurnal variation, as in healthy volunteers time of blood sampling did not affect serum dolichols. Our results suggest that serum dolichol concentration, which has earlier been found to be exceptionally high in aspartylglucosaminuria and mannosidosis, might serve as a laboratory marker for these recessively inherited lysosomal storage diseases.
authors.affiliation: Research and Treatment Unit of Alcohol Diseases, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Humaloja
authors.forename: R P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Roine
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Salmela
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Halmesmäki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jokelainen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Salaspuro
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000097:blood; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000097:blood; D004286:Dolichols / Q000097:blood* / Q000652:urine; D004700:Endocrine System Diseases / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000097:blood; D011247:Pregnancy; D012016:Reference Values; D012216:Rheumatic Diseases / Q000097:blood; D014777:Virus Diseases / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D004286:Dolichols