by Lee Hon Kit. / Thesis (M.Sc.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 80-89). / Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Lipids and Lipoproteins --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1.1 --- Chemistry and Classification of Lipids --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1.2 --- Lipoprotein and Apolipoprotein --- p.3 / Chapter 1.1.2.1 --- Lipoprotein: Structure and Classification --- p.3 / Chapter 1.1.2.2 --- Apolipoprotein: Structure and Function --- p.5 / Chapter 1.1.2.3 --- Lipoprotein (a) and Apolipoprotein (a) --- p.8 / Chapter 1.1.3 --- Outline of Lipid and Lipoprotein Metabolism --- p.10 / Chapter 1.1.3.1 --- Exogenous Lipid Metabolism --- p.10 / Chapter 1.1.3.2 --- Endogenous Lipid Pathway --- p.13 / Chapter 1.2 --- "Dyslipidaemia: Definition, Classification and Coronary Heart Disease" --- p.20 / Chapter 1.2.1 --- Definition --- p.20 / Chapter 1.2.2 --- Classification of Dyslipidaemia --- p.21 / Chapter 1.2.3 --- Dyslipidaemia and CHD --- p.24 / Chapter 1.3 --- Dyslipoproteinaemia and Atherogenesis --- p.25 / Chapter 1.3.1 --- Pathology and Pathogenesis --- p.25 / Chapter 1.3.2 --- Central Role of Oxidised LDL in Atherogenesis --- p.29 / Chapter 1.3.3 --- LDL Heterogeneity and Atherogenesis --- p.37 / Chapter 1.4 --- Management of Dyslipidaemia --- p.41 / Chapter 1.4.1 --- Drug therapy --- p.43 / Chapter 1.4.1.1 --- Triglyceride Lowering Drugs --- p.43 / Chapter 1.4.1.2 --- Cholesterol Lowering Drugs --- p.45 / Chapter 1.4.1.3 --- Combination Drug Therapy --- p.46 / Chapter 1.5 --- Aims of this study --- p.49 / Chapter 2. --- Materials and Methods --- p.50 / Chapter 2.1 --- Materials --- p.50 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Patients and Controls --- p.50 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Drug Administration Trials --- p.51 / Chapter 2.1.3 --- Blood Samples --- p.52 / Chapter 2.1.4 --- Chemicals and Solutions --- p.52 / Chapter 2.1.5 --- Apparatus and Equipments --- p.52 / Chapter 2.2 --- Methods --- p.54 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- "Serum Cholesterol, Triglyceride and High Density Lipoprotein cholesterol" --- p.54 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- "Apolipoprotein AI, B-100 and Lipoprotein (a) Assays" --- p.54 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Ultracentrifugation of LDL Fraction --- p.55 / Chapter 2.2.4 --- In Vitro Assessment of LDL Oxidisability --- p.55 / Chapter 2.2.4.1 --- De-Salting of LDL Fraction --- p.55 / Chapter 2.2.4.2 --- Continuously Diene Formation Monitoring --- p.56 / Chapter 2.2.5 --- LDL Particle Size --- p.56 / Chapter 2.2.6 --- Statistical Analysis --- p.57 / Chapter 3. --- Results --- p.59 / Chapter 3.1 --- Quantitative Measurement of apo B-100 --- p.59 / Chapter 3.2 --- "Associations between Serum Triglyceride, LDL Particle Size and LDL Oxidisability" --- p.60 / Chapter 3.3 --- "Effect of single drug and combination drug therapy on lipids, lipoproteins and apolipoproteins" --- p.64 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Quantitative Changes of Lipids and Lipoproteins --- p.64 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Qualitative changes of LDL particles --- p.65 / Chapter 4. --- Discussion --- p.74 / Chapter 4.1 --- "Associations between Triglyceride concentration, HDL Cholesterol concentration, LDL oxidisability and Particle Size" --- p.74 / Chapter 4.2 --- Effects of Fluvastatin and Gemfibrozil on Combined Hyperlipidaemic Patients --- p.76
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_322511 |
| Date | January 1998 |
| Contributors | Lee, Hon Kit., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Chemical Pathology. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, x, 92 leaves : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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