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ArticleCEN case reports2016

A case of acquired lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase deficiency with sarcoidosis that remitted spontaneously.

Tanino Akiko, Takafumi Okura, Tomoaki Nagao, Masayoshi Kukida, Daijiro Enomoto, Ken-Ichi Miyoshi, Jitsuo Higaki, Masayuki Kuroda, Hideaki Bujo

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Article in CEN case reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Tanino AkikoDepartment of Cardiology, Pulmonology, Hypertension and Nephrology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, 791-0295, Japan.
Takafumi OkuraDepartment of Cardiology, Pulmonology, Hypertension and Nephrology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, 791-0295, Japan. okura@m.ehime-u.ac.jp.
Tomoaki NagaoDepartment of Cardiology, Pulmonology, Hypertension and Nephrology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, 791-0295, Japan.
Masayoshi KukidaDepartment of Cardiology, Pulmonology, Hypertension and Nephrology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, 791-0295, Japan.
Daijiro EnomotoDepartment of Cardiology, Pulmonology, Hypertension and Nephrology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, 791-0295, Japan.
Ken-Ichi MiyoshiDepartment of Cardiology, Pulmonology, Hypertension and Nephrology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, 791-0295, Japan.
Jitsuo HigakiDepartment of Cardiology, Pulmonology, Hypertension and Nephrology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Toon, Ehime, 791-0295, Japan.
Masayuki KurodaCenter for Advanced Medicine, Chiba University Hospital, Chiba University, Chiba, 260-8677, Japan.
Hideaki BujoDepartment of Clinical-Laboratory and Experimental-Research Medicine, Toho University Sakura Medical Center, Sakura, Chiba, 285-8741, Japan.
Ehime University · JPChiba University Hospital · JPToho University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Familial lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) deficiency is a rare inherited disorder that causes an extremely low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol concentration in serum. Recently, acquired LCAT deficiency caused by IgG antibodies to LCAT, without any LCAT gene mutation, was reported. Here we describe a case of acquired LCAT deficiency occurring in association with sarcoidosis. The patient was a Japanese female aged 70 years, had no mutation in the LCAT gene exon sequence, but had an LCAT inhibitor factor in her serum, detected using lipoprotein-deficient serum. She was diagnosed with acquired LCAT deficiency. Her abnormalities of serum lipoproteins improved spontaneously during three and a half years. Because they require different treatment strategies, distinction between familial lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase deficiency (FLD) and acquired LCAT deficiency by gene sequencing is warranted, especially in cases without corneal clouding.

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Familial LCAT deficiencyFoam cellsLecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) deficiencyRenal insufficiencySpontaneous remission

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PMID28508975
PMCPMC5411646
OpenAlexW2414069741

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