title: Return to normal values of lipid pattern after effective chemotherapy in acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
abstract: In the present work we investigated HDL-C and its subfractions HDL2 and HDL3 as well as total cholesterol (TC), triglycerides (TG), LDL-C, VLDL-C, apolipoproteins A1 (ApoA1) and B (ApoB) and lipoprotein (a) (Lp(a) in 25 patients with newly diagnosed acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) before and after induction treatment. The mean basal plasma levels of TC, HDL-C and its subfractions, LDL-C, and ApoA1 were significantly lower than the mean values observed in normal subjects, whereas TG and VLDL-C were significantly higher. The patients (n = 22) who achieved complete remission after chemotherapy showed a significant increase of TC, HDL-C, HDL2, HDL3, ApoA1 and a significant decrease of TG and VLDL-C. These data suggest that ALL patients are characterized by a lipid metabolic derangement mainly of HDL and TG-rich lipoproteins, that is reversed by effective treatment of disease.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chemistry and Clinical Chemistry, Università Cattolica S.Cuore, Roma, Italy.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Scribano
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Baroni
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pagano
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zuppi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Leone
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Giardina
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008875:Middle Aged; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids