Collection of blood samples for lipoprotein analysis.
Collection of blood samples for lipoprotein analysis.
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收集血样用于脂蛋白分析。
DOI:
10.1093/clinchem/28.6.1375
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发表时间:
1982
影响因子:
9.3
通讯作者:
P. Bachorik
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作者:
P. Bachorik
The purpose of this chapter is to describe procedures and precautions for the collection of blood samples, and for the preparation and storage of plasma that is to be used to measure the concentration of the lipoproteins. It is necessary first, however, to describe briefly the nature of the plasma lipoproteins and to mention some of the factors that might affect lipoprotein measurements either actually or artifactually. The plasma lipoproteins are complex, high-Mr(relative molecular mass) particles composed primarily of esterified and unesterified cholesterol, triglycerides, phospholipids (principally lecithin and sphingomyelin), and several specific proteins that, in their lipid-free state, are called the apolipoproteins. Lipoproteins have lower hydrated densities than the other plasma proteins, a property that has long served as a basis for the separation of lipoproteins from the plasma, and of the various lipoprotein classes from each other. The four major classes of lipoproteins-the chylomicrons, very-lowdensity lipoproteins(VLDL), low-density lipoproteins (LDL), and high-density lipoproteins (HDL) Lare defined operationally in terms of their densities, and differ in lipid and apoprotein composition, molecular mass, size, electrophoretic mobility (Table 1), and physiological function. The lipoprotein families, as defined by density, do not have discrete molecular compositions. Each consists of several populations of similar, but not identical, particles that vary somewhat in size and composition, and each class has been separated into subclasses. Some of the lipid and apoprotein constituents exchange readily between particles within a particular lipoprotein class and also between particles of different classes. Excellent and detailed reviews of plasma lipoprotein structure, function, and metabolism have been published(1, 2). Several