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Cholesterol Efflux Assay
Published on: March 6, 2012
[Tracer kinetic studies of the cholesterol metabolism in patients with hypercholesterolemia]
Abstract:
For the examination of the cholesterol metabolism in patients with normal and increased serum cholesterol the 3H-cholesterol was used. The tracer-kinetic investigation programme consisted of the examination of the serum for free and esterified cholesterol as well as the separation in VLDL-, LDL- AND HDL-fractions. The establishment of the content of radioactivity of the individual samples was carried out in the LSC-nitrobeta 1210. Specific activity-time-curves were established and fitted according to a mathematical programme. The most essential findings of the evaluation of these curves resulted in a clearly changed turnover of the LDL-fraction. Possible causes for the disturbed LDL-turnover were discussed.
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