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Significance of lymphocyte fatty acid changes in chronic renal failure
A Kalofoutis1, V Nicolaidou-Politis, A Bouloukos
1Department of Biological Chemistry, University of Athens School of Medicine, Greece.
Nephron
|January 1, 1996
Abstract:
In the present study we describe fatty acid fluctuations in peripheral blood lymphocytes of patients with chronic renal failure who were undergoing maintenance hemodialysis. The decreased concentrations of linoleic acid and arachidonic acid and the increase in stearic acid are discussed in relation to the lymphocyte immune response and lymphocyte membrane enzymic systems in the disease.