title: High-density lipoprotein cholesterol and phospholipids, and apoprotein A in serum of patients with liver disease.
abstract: Concentrations of apoprotein A in whole serum, and cholesterol and phospholipids concentrations in the high-density lipoprotein fraction of serum were measured after the precipitation of low-density and very-low-density lipoproteins with sodium phosphotungstate-Mg2+ in 23 patients with liver cirrhosis, 19 patients with extrahepatic biliary obstruction, and 20 healthy control subjects. Patients with cirrhosis and cholestasis showed approximately one-half as much cholesterol and apoprotein A in the nonprecipitable high-density lipoprotein fraction as normal subjects did. High-density lipoprotein phospholipids concentrations in those patients were normal or slightly increased, however, which is about double what one would expect from the apoprotein A and cholesterol content.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001053:Apolipoproteins / Q000097:blood*; D001054:Apolipoproteins A; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000097:blood; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D006801:Humans; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL / Q000097:blood*; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000097:blood; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D001053:Apolipoproteins; D001054:Apolipoproteins A; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D008075:Lipoproteins, HDL; D010743:Phospholipids; D002784:Cholesterol