TY - JOUR
T1 - The effects of oral agent or insulin treatments on the plasma lipoproteins and the plasma lipoprotein lipase activator in diabetic patients
AU - Karakas, Siddika E
AU - LeBoeuf, R. C.
AU - Rockett, M. J.
AU - Page, J.
AU - Keyser, A. J.
PY - 1986
Y1 - 1986
N2 - The structure and the metabolism of plasma lipoproteins are altered in diabetes mellitus. Insulin or oral agent treatments affect the lipoprotein metabolism in addition to improving hyperglycemia. However, it is not clear whether the alterations seen in lipoproteins during treatment are related to the degree of diabetic control or to the mode of diabetic treatment. The effects of insulin or oral agent treatments on the plasma lipoproteins and lipoprotein lipase activator were compared in a strictly defined non-obese, non-insulin dependent diabetic patient. Both treatment groups had similar plasma triglyceride, total cholesterol, low and high density lipoprotein cholesterol, and lipoprotein lipase activator levels. Lipoprotein lipase activator contents of the very low density lipoproteins correlated positively with their triglyceride (r = 0.803 in insulin, r = 0.828 in oral agent treated patients) and protein (r = 0.713 in insulin, r = 0.862 in oral agent treated patients) contents. The findings of this study indicated that plasma lipid levels, very low density lipoprotein compositions, and lipoprotein lipase activator contents were not significantly different in non-obese, non-insulin dependent diabetic patients treated with either oral hypoglycemic agents or insulin.
AB - The structure and the metabolism of plasma lipoproteins are altered in diabetes mellitus. Insulin or oral agent treatments affect the lipoprotein metabolism in addition to improving hyperglycemia. However, it is not clear whether the alterations seen in lipoproteins during treatment are related to the degree of diabetic control or to the mode of diabetic treatment. The effects of insulin or oral agent treatments on the plasma lipoproteins and lipoprotein lipase activator were compared in a strictly defined non-obese, non-insulin dependent diabetic patient. Both treatment groups had similar plasma triglyceride, total cholesterol, low and high density lipoprotein cholesterol, and lipoprotein lipase activator levels. Lipoprotein lipase activator contents of the very low density lipoproteins correlated positively with their triglyceride (r = 0.803 in insulin, r = 0.828 in oral agent treated patients) and protein (r = 0.713 in insulin, r = 0.862 in oral agent treated patients) contents. The findings of this study indicated that plasma lipid levels, very low density lipoprotein compositions, and lipoprotein lipase activator contents were not significantly different in non-obese, non-insulin dependent diabetic patients treated with either oral hypoglycemic agents or insulin.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 3516835
AN - SCOPUS:0022612526
VL - 18
SP - 190
EP - 193
JO - Hormone and Metabolic Research
JF - Hormone and Metabolic Research
SN - 0018-5043
IS - 3
ER -