Figure 4From: Decreased paraoxonase-1 activity is associated with alterations of high-density lipoprotein particles in chronic liver impairment(A) Western blot analysis of HDL particles in control subjects and patients with liver cirrhosis. HDL from the patients had an immunoreactive band (very light in the case #3) of about 55 kDa. (B) Western blot analysis of liver homogenates from control rats, CCl4-administered rats over a period of 6, 8 and 12 weeks, and liver biopsy samples from human patients with liver steatosis. A band at the relative molecular weight of 55 kDa increased progressively over the time-course of CCl4 administration. A similar, very intense band was observed in patients with steatosis. (C) Western blot analysis of HDL particles from a control subject (CS), a patient with cirrhosis (P), and normal HDL incubated in vitro with a liver homogenate from a patient with steatosis. (D) Western blot analysis of HDL particles from a patient with liver cirrhosis, with and without pre-incubated with PNGase F.Back to article page