COMPOUND HETEROZYGOUS FH AND FDB: IDENTIFICATION OF A SICILIAN FAMILY HARBOURING THE FDB3531 MUTATION AND THE Y398X MUTATION OF THE LDL RECEPTOR GENE.

A NOVEL COMPOUND HETEROZYGOUS MUTATION OF THE LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE GENE IN A NEWBORN WITH CHYLOMICRONEMIA

SEVERE MALABSORPTION AND DECREASED TRIGLYCERIDE RICH LIPOPROTEINS PRODUCTION IN A PROBAND CARRYING A MUTATION ENCODING FOR A TRUNCATED APOLIPOPROTEIN B100 VARIANT (APO B 34.8).

HYPOBETALIPOPROTEINEMIA AND FATTY LIVER: WHO IS THE CULPRIT

Plasma non-cholesterol sterols: a useful diagnostic tool in pediatric hypercholesterolemia.

Current guidelines strongly recommend the identification of genetic forms of hypercholesterolemia (HC) during childhood. The usefulness of non–cholesterol sterols (NCS) in the diagnosis of genetic HC has not been fully explored. Plasma NCS were measured by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) in 113 children with hypercholesterolemia affected by: autosomal dominant hypercholesterolemia (ADH), familial combined hyperlipidemia (FCHL), polygenic hypercholesterolemia (PHC), and in 79 controls to evaluate: i) plasma NCS profile in different genetic HC and ii) the usefulness of NCS for the diagnosis of HC beyond current clinical criteria. ADH was characterized by raised lathosterol/total …

IDENTIFICATION OF A HETEROZYGOUS COMPOUND INDIVIDUAL WITH AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA HARBOURING A MUTATION IN THE LDL-R GENE AND IN THE PCSK9 GENE

UNA NUOVA MUTAZIONE DELL’INTRONE 16 (G>A a 2390 -1) DEL RECETTORE DELLE LDL RESPONSABILE DI IPERCOLESTEROLEMIA FAMILIARE. EFFETTI SULLA ESPRESSIONE DELL’mRNA DEL RECETTORE DELLE LDL

FAMILIAL LIGAND-DEFECTIVE APOLIPOPROTEIN B: IDENTIFICATION OF A FAMILY HARBOURING THE ARG3531CYS (FDB3531) OF THE APOB GENE

CEREBROTENDINOUS XANTHOMATOSIS: A SICILIAN FAMILY HARBOURING THE R362C MUTATION IN THE STEROL 27-HYDROXYLASE GENE

PREVALENCE OF PCSK9 VARIANTS IN A COHORT OF SUBJECTS WITH HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIA

ASSOCIATION OF THE PARAOXONASE-1 Q192R POLYMORPHISM WITH CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE IN AMI PATIENTS, NON AMI CAD AND HEALTHY CONTROLS.

GLI ACIDI GRASSI SATURI ED INSATURI MODULANO L’UPTAKE DELLE LIPOPROTEINE HDL IN UN MODELLO DI CELLULE EPATICHE IN COLTURA.

Six novel mutations of the LDL receptor gene in FH kindred of Sicilian and Paraguayan descent

Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is an autosomal dominant inherited disease caused by mutations in the gene coding for the low density lipoprotein receptor (LDL-R). It is characterized by a high concentration of low density lipoprotein (LDL), which frequently gives rise to premature coronary artery disease. We studied the probands of five FH Sicilian families with 'definite' FH and one proband of Paraguayan descent with homozygous FH who has been treated with an effective living-donor liver transplantation. In order to seek the molecular defect in these six families, we used direct sequencing to define the molecular defects of the LDL-R gene responsible for the disease. We described three…

Le LDL generate in fase post-prandiale dopo carico grasso presentano maggiore densita’, minore size e maggiore affinita’ per il recettore

SHORT APOB TRUNCATIONS SHOW IMPAIRE CHYLOMICRON EXPORT AND ENTEROCYTE TRIGLYCERIDE ACCUMULATION. IN VIVO AND IN VITRO EVIDENCE ON A APOB 28.25 STABLE-TRANSFECTED ENTEROCYTE CELL LINE

Plasma non-cholesterol sterols in primary hypobetalipoproteinemia

Primary hypobetalipoproteinemia (pHBL) is characterized by plasma cholesterol levels ApoB48, and FHBL harbouring as yet unknown molecular defects. Not linked FHBL kindred are not homogeneous in terms of plasma NCS levels. NCS cannot replace genetic HBL analysis.

PREVALENCE OF APOB VARIANTS IN A SAMPLE OF SUBJECTS WITH HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIA