Medizinische Universität Graz Austria/Österreich - Forschungsportal - Medical University of Graz
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Haak, T; März, W; Jungmann, E; Hausser, S; Siekmeier, R; Gross, W; Usadel, KH.
Elevated endothelin levels in patients with hyperlipoproteinemia.
Clin Investig. 1994; 72(8):580-584
Doi: 10.1007/BF00227448
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- März Winfried
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- Abstract:
- We determined lipoproteins, apolipoproteins, and endothelin in 98 patients (58 female and 40 male, age 18-72 years) with hyperlipidemia (plasma cholesterol > 2.5 g/l and/or triglycerides > 2.0 g/l) and in 50 healthy subjects (20 female, 30 male, age 19-68 years). In patients with hyperlipidemia endothelin levels were elevated compared to healthy controls. Patients with plasma cholesterol above 2.5 g/l had higher endothelin and lipoprotein(a) concentrations than patients with plasma cholesterol levels less than 2.5 g/l. A positive correlation was found between the concentrations of endothelin and apolipoprotein B (r = 0.2137; P < 0.013). Smoking patients with lipoprotein (a) above 300 mg/l had higher endothelin levels than both nonsmoking patients with lipoprotein (a) above 300 mg/l and smokers with normal lipoprotein(a). In smokers endothelin correlated positively with Lp(a) (r = 0.709; P < 0.01). No correlation was found between endothelin and triglycerides nor between endothelin and age or sex. The results suggest that the vasoconstrictor endothelin contributes to the increased vasal tone in hyperlipidemia. Because endothelin also has mitogenic properties, it may play a relevant role in the development of premature atherosclerosis in patients with hyperlipidemia.
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- Adolescent -
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- Aged -
- Apolipoproteins - blood
- Arteriosclerosis - epidemiology
- Cholesterol - blood
- Endothelins - blood
- Female - blood
- Humans - blood
- Hyperlipidemias - blood
- Lipoproteins - blood
- Male - blood
- Middle Aged - blood
- Risk Factors - blood
- Smoking - blood
- Triglycerides - blood
- Vascular Resistance - blood
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- DYSLIPOPROTEINEMIA
- LOW-DENSITY LIPOPROTEINS
- LIPOPROTEIN(A)
- ATHEROSCLEROSIS