Uremic Toxins and Lipases in Haemodialysis: A Process of Repeated Metabolic Starvation
Severe kidney disease results in retention of uremic toxins that inhibit key enzymes for lipid breakdown such as lipoprotein lipase (LPL) and hepatic lipase (HL). For patients in haemodialysis (HD) and peritoneal dialysis (PD) the LPL activity is only about half of that of age and gender matched con...
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| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2014-04-01
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| Series: | Toxins |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6651/6/5/1505 |