JLE

European Journal of Dermatology

MENU

Effect of retinoids on LDL metabolism by macrophages Volume 7, numéro 2, March 1997

Auteurs
Department of Dermatology, University Medical School of Debrecen, 4012 Debrecen, PF: 34, Hungary.
  • Page(s) : 99-102
  • Année de parution : 2000

Retinoids have been used in dermatological therapy for a long time, and it has also long been known that retinoids can cause unfavourable, atherogenic changes in serum lipids. They increase the concentration of very low density lipoprotein triglycerides (VLDL) and low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL) and decrease high density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL). How side effects develop has not been clarified [1, 2]. Each cell [...]