title: Apolipoprotein B and platelet function in diabetes mellitus.
abstract: Serum levels of apolipoprotein B were measured, and investigations of the platelet function were carried out in 32 patients with insulin-dependent diabetes and in 34 healthy controls similar in age. Mean serum levels of apolipoprotein B were 1.51 g/l in the diabetic patients and 1.18 g/l in the control group, and this difference was significant. In the diabetic patients a secondary wave of aggregation was more easily induced by low concentrations of adenosine diphosphate or adrenaline. It was also possible to induce 50% of maximal aggregation by lower concentrations of adenosine diphosphate or arachidonic acid in these patients, and their number of circulating platelet aggregates increased. Plasma levels of beta-thromboglobulin and platelet factor 4 were raised and, in the presence of N-ethyl maleimide, platelets from diabetic patients produced significantly more malondialdehyde than those from normal controls. The relationship between increased serum levels of apolipoprotein B and platelet hyperreactivity may be more than accidental and should be studied further to elucidate its possible implication with platelet function and atherogenesis.
mesh_terms: D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000328:Adult; D001055:Apolipoproteins B / Q000097:blood*; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000502:physiology*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008315:Malondialdehyde / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism; D008875:Middle Aged; D010974:Platelet Aggregation / Q000187:drug effects; D010978:Platelet Factor 4 / Q000097:blood; D001620:beta-Thromboglobulin / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D001055:Apolipoproteins B; D001620:beta-Thromboglobulin; D010978:Platelet Factor 4; D008315:Malondialdehyde; D000244:Adenosine Diphosphate