Article
Effect of apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene polymorphisms on the lipid profile of children being treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
International journal of hematology - 1 Jun 2024
Ioannidou Maria, Avgeros Chrysostomos, Georgiou Elisavet, Papadimitriou-Tsantarliotou Aliki, Dimitriadis Dimitrios, Tragiannidis Athanasios, Panagopoulou Paraskevi, Papakonstantinou Evgenia, Galli-Tsinopoulou Assimina, Makedou Kali, Hatzipantelis Emmanuel
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Medications used to treat acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), such as L-asparaginase, can cause blood lipid disturbances. These can also be associated with polymorphisms of the lipoprotein lipase (LpL) and apolipoprotein E (APOE) genes. PROCEDURE: We aimed to investigate the association between lipid profile, certain LpL and APOE gene polymorphisms (rs268, rs328, rs1801177 and rs7412, rs429358...
