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The serum apo B and apo E in rats following cholesterol diet and thymus treatment
P Mondola1, F Santangelo, C Falconi
1Institute of Human Physiology, II. Faculty of Medicine, University of Naples, Italy.
Hormone and Metabolic Research = Hormon- Und Stoffwechselforschung = Hormones Et Metabolisme
|September 1, 1987
Abstract:
The serum levels of apo B and apo E in rats fed on a diet rich in cholesterol before and after thymus treatment were determined by the authors. The diet enriched with cholesterol increases the serum levels of apo E and of the large and small species of apo B. After treatment the large apo B and the small one strongly decrease, while apo E increases further. These data support the hypothesis that the dropping of total cholesterol, after thymus treatment, cannot be ascribed to apo E decrease but possibly to B-apoproteins.