https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/539731
標題: | In hypercholesterolemia, lower peripheral monocyte count is unique among the major predictors of atherosclerosis | 作者: | ZEI-SHUNG HUANG Wang C.-H. Yip P.-K. Yang C.-Y. Lee T.-K. |
關鍵字: | atherosclerosis; hypercholesterolemia; monocytes; predictors; risk factors | 公開日期: | 1996 | 出版社: | Lippincott Williams and Wilkins | 卷: | 16 | 期: | 2 | 起(迄)頁: | 256-261 | 來源出版物: | Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology | 摘要: | Many studies have shown that enhanced monocyte adherence is an important factor in the initiation of atherosclerosis. Because the relationships between circulating monocyte count and atherosclerosis or its major predictors have received little attention, we conducted this study with the aim of clarifying these relationships. The study included 409 men and women who underwent a carotid artery duplex study and white blood cell analysis (Sysmex Cell Counter) during a 2-day health check at our hospital in 1994. We found no correlation between preexisting carotid atherosclerosis and monocyte count. After adjustment for age and sex, hypercholesterolemia, among the major predictors of atherosclerosis, showed a unique correlation with both lower monocyte count and percentage (P<.001, P<.0001, respectively), whereas smoking was correlated with a higher monocyte count (P<.001). There was a slight but nonsignificant increase in monocyte count in hypertension, diabetes, and hypertriglyceridemia. Our results imply that: (1) hypercholesterolemia has a strong, peripheral monocyte-reducing effect, probably due to direct enhancement of monocyte adhesion to the endothelium, which subsequently initiates the atherosclerotic process, and (2) the mechanisms of other predictor(s)-induced atherosclerosis may be quite different from that of hypercholesterolemia. Another possible explanation for the inverse correlation between monocyte count and serum cholesterol level is that decreased monocyte levels might lead to hypercholesterolemia because of decreased uptake of cholesterol from the plasma by less monocyte-derived macrophages. The reasons why preexisting carotid atherosclerosis did not correlate with monocyte count are also discussed. |
URI: | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0030038382&doi=10.1161%2f01.ATV.16.2.256&partnerID=40&md5=62d1bade32bdacf1881653502fb5fc6a https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/539731 |
ISSN: | 1079-5642 | DOI: | 10.1161/01.ATV.16.2.256 | SDG/關鍵字: | cholesterol; adult; article; atherosclerosis; cholesterol blood level; clinical protocol; controlled study; diabetes mellitus; female; human; hypercholesterolemia; hypertension; hypertriglyceridemia; leukocyte adherence; leukocyte count; major clinical study; male; monocyte; practice guideline; priority journal; risk factor; smoking |
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