Change of diet, plasma lipids, lipoproteins, and fatty acids during Ramadan: a controversial association of the considered Ramadan model with atherosclerosis risk.

Different Islamic populations have different alimentary habits, notably during Ramadan. The paper reports the change of diet, lipids, and lipoproteins produced during Ramadan in one Tunisian population. During Ramadan, the study subjects consumed more proteins, cholesterol, vitamin E (p<0.

Association between apolipoprotein E polymorphism, lipids, and coronary artery disease in Tunisian type 2 diabetes.

Background: The relationship between apolipoprotein E (ApoE) polymorphism, fasting lipid parameters, and coronary artery disease (CAD) is controversial.

Methods: We studied this relationship, for the first time, in Tunisian type 2 diabetic patients. The studied population comprised 157 type 2 diabetic patients (145 of them were not on any lipid-lowering drugs).

Increased phospholipid transfer protein activity associated with the impaired cellular cholesterol efflux in type 2 diabetic subjects with coronary artery disease.

Reverse cholesterol transport (RCT) is the pathway, by which the excess of cholesterol is removed from peripheral cells to the liver. An early step of RCT is the efflux of free cholesterol from cell membranes that is mediated by high-density lipoproteins (HDL). Phospholipid transfer protein (PLTP) transfers phospholipids between apolipoprotein-B-containing lipoproteins (i.

[A rare primary pulmonary tumor: pleomorphic carcinoma].

Introduction: Pleomorphic carcinoma is a rare malignancy in the family of non-small cell lung cancers.

Case: This 65-year-old woman, a nonsmoker, was hospitalized for hemoptysis and weight loss. Computed tomography showed a peripheral tumor of the right upper lobe, and the radiography showed signs of malignancy.

Association of SNP3 polymorphism in the apolipoprotein A-V gene with plasma triglyceride level in Tunisian type 2 diabetes.

Background: Apolipoprotein A-V (Apo A-V) gene has recently been identified as a new apolipoprotein involved in triglyceride metabolism. A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP3) located in the gene promoter (-1131) was associated with triglyceride variation in healthy subjects. In type 2 diabetes the triglyceride level increased compared to healthy subjects.

[Role of cholesteryl ester transfer protein activity and genetic polymorphism in ischemic heart disease in type 2 diabetic patients].

Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein (CETP) facilates the exchange of triglycerides (TG) and cholesteryl ester between lipoproteins particles. Diabetic subjects have been reported to have higher TG levels and lower high density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C) levels which contribute to the increased cardiovascular risk observed in some of these patients. The CETP activity was shown to be more important in a group of 93 non insulino-dependant diabetics with coronary artery disease than in a group of 92 healthy subjects (p = 0.