Anti-cholesterol antibodies in human sera. 2003

Anna Horváth, and Adrienn Bíró
Third Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary. horann@kut.sote.hu

In the last 30 years many research showed that high serum cholesterol level is a great risk for the atherosclerosis. In recent years, it has become clear that the immune system has a major role in atherosclerosis development and progression, and has binding capacity to cholesterol as well. It has been demonstrated in animal experiments, that anti-cholesterol antibodies (ACHA) can prevent cholesterol diet induced atherosclerosis. Our group is looking for the answer, whether ACHA have the same function in animals and in humans, or not. In this review we summarize our studies in human sera. We measured serum ACHA levels in different groups of patients with atherosclerotic diseases in patients with viral infections and in healthy population. In the summary we write about the possible functions of ACHA in the human immune system.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D002784 Cholesterol The principal sterol of all higher animals, distributed in body tissues, especially the brain and spinal cord, and in animal fats and oils. Epicholesterol
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D001161 Arteriosclerosis Thickening and loss of elasticity of the walls of ARTERIES of all sizes. There are many forms classified by the types of lesions and arteries involved, such as ATHEROSCLEROSIS with fatty lesions in the ARTERIAL INTIMA of medium and large muscular arteries. Arterioscleroses
D001323 Autoantibodies Antibodies that react with self-antigens (AUTOANTIGENS) of the organism that produced them. Autoantibody

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