corneal opacity/triglyceride

Fish eye disease (FED) is characterized by severe corneal opacities, causing impaired vision, and dyslipoproteinaemia: hypertriglyceridaemia, raised levels of very low density lipoproteins (VLDL), triglyceride enrichment of low density lipoproteins (LDL) and reduction of high density lipoproteins

A man and his three daughters had massive corneal opacities called in their home village "fish-eye disease" because of the resemblance of the eyes to those of boiled fish. The two living daughters had the same dyslipoproteinaemia, characterised by normal serum cholesterol but raised serum

We found oral stromal avascular corneal opacities in 128 eyes of 75 beagles from 497 studied. There were three morphologic types that progressed in severity with time; nebular, racetrack, and white arc. Histochemical study of the earliest morphologic type (nebular) revealed neutral fats,

We report here a peculiar case with premature corneal opacity and extremely high levels of HDL cholesterol in serum. The patient is a 54-year-old man who was first noticed to have marked corneal opacities at age 19. His serum HDL cholesterol level was elevated to the level of 135-160 mg/dl, while

A kindred affected with fish eye disease (FED) from Oklahoma is reported. Two probands with corneal opacification had mean levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (C), apolipoprotein (apo) A-I, and apoA-I in very large alpha-1 HDL particles that were 9%, 17%, and 5% of normal, whereas

BACKGROUND Light information is the most important cue of circadian rhythm which synchronizes biological rhythm with external environment. Circadian misalignment of biological rhythm and external environment is associated with increased risk of depression, insomnia, obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular

OBJECTIVE To describe a keratopathy in patients with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. METHODS Retrospective review of ophthalmic and medical records, including laboratory evaluations, of seven patients with HIV infection and posterior intracorneal opacities. RESULTS Each patient had

Fish-eye disease is a familial condition characterized by corneal opacities and dyslipoproteinaemia with, i.a., pronounced enrichment of plasma low density lipoprotein (LDL) with triglycerides. Cholesterol ester and triglyceride transferase activities in lipoprotein-free plasma have been measured in

We report a 39-year-old Japanese man with HDL and apoA-I deficiency as well as data from members of his family. Corneal opacity and a stomatocyte were found but not tonsillar hypertrophy, xanthomas, or splenomegaly. His serum HDL cholesterol, apoA-I, apoA-II, and LDL cholesterol levels were t mg/dL,

The tenth Norwegian patient with familial LCAT deficiency is reported. Her family lives in the same area as the three previously reported Norwegian families. The patient is a 26-year-old female with typical findings of the disease--proteinuria and corneal opacities. Total cholesterol was normal, but

We investigated lipoprotein metabolism in 14 patients with recessive X-linked ichthyosis (RXLI), a metabolic disease characterized by scaly skin, corneal opacity and steroid sulfatase deficiency. Plasma total cholesterol (TC) levels ranged from normal to slightly low (mean +/- SD: 156 +/- 28 mg/dl).

A 37-year-old man was referred to our lipid clinic because of profound plasma lipid alteration. He presented large and orange tonsils, hepatosplenomegaly. No corneal opacities or other ocular abnormalities as well as no nervous system abnormalities were evident. Haematologic alterations included

A WOMAN WITH FAMILIAL PLASMA LECITHIN: cholesterol acyltransferase (L.C.A.T.) deficiency showed, like the other reported cases, obvious corneal opacity, proteinuria, and moderate anaemia with a slight haemolytic component. In the plasma the concentrations of free cholesterol, triglycerides, and

We have established a mouse model for human LCAT deficiency by performing targeted disruption of the LCAT gene in mouse embryonic stem cells. Homozygous LCAT-deficient mice were healthy at birth and fertile. Compared with age-matched wild-type littermates, the LCAT activity in heterozygous and