V. Reade et al., NEUTRAL-LIPID TRANSFERS AND CHOLESTERYL ESTER TRANSFER PROTEIN IN HEMODIALYZED PATIENTS, American journal of nephrology, 16(5), 1996, pp. 394-401
Abnormalities in cholesteryl ester transfers may play a role in the de
velopment of atherosclerosis observed in patients with end-stage renal
failure treated by chronic hemodialysis. Net neutral-lipid transfers
and cholesteryl ester transfer protein activity and mass were investig
ated in 20 hemodialyzed patients, arbitrarily divided into two groups
based on fasting triglyceride levels, and compared to triglyceride-mat
ched control groups. In the hypertriglyceridemic subjects (plasma trig
lyceride values > 150 mg/dl), high-density lipoprotein cholesterol was
decreased, and the net cholesteryl ester transfer rates were signific
antly higher than the rates in normolipidemic subjects. The comparison
of subjects matched for plasma triglyceride and cholesterol levels sh
owed no significant difference in cholesteryl ester or triglyceride tr
ansfer rates between patients and controls. Our results suggest that n
ormal or elevated net neutral-lipid transfers are not related to the r
enal status of the subjects, but rather to their plasma triglyceride l
evels.