Altered lipid composition and thromboxane A2 formation in platelets from patients affected by IIa hyperlipoproteinemia

Domenico Prisco, Pier Giorgio Rogasi, Rita Paniccia, Mirella Coppo, Rosanna Abbate, Gian Franco Gensini, Gian Gastone Neri Serneri

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Abstract

Platelets from patients with familial hypercholesterolemia (type IIa hyperlipoproteinemia), a condition associated with high prevalence of atherosclerosis and of its thrombotic complications, are known to be hyperresponsive to aggregating stimuli and to synthesize increased amounts of thromboxane A2 (TxA2) in comparison to platelets from normal subjects. In order to search if these functional alterations are linked to a different platelet lipid composition, we studied a group of young patients affected by IIa hyperlipoproteinemia and a group of suitable controls with similar dietary habits. Both cholesterol and phospholipid content of platelets were higher in patients than in controls with a significant increase of cholesterol/phospholipid molar ratio (at least p

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)593-604
Number of pages12
JournalThrombosis Research
Volume50
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 1 1988

Keywords

  • cholesterol
  • IIa hyperlipoproteinemia
  • phospholipids
  • Platelets lipids
  • saturated fatty acids
  • thromboxane A2

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Hematology

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