X-linked ichthyosis: increased blood cholesterol sulfate and electrophoretic mobility of low-density lipoprotein

Science. 1981 Nov 6;214(4521):659-60. doi: 10.1126/science.6945674.

Abstract

Plasma cholesterol sulfate concentration is increased in patients with recessive X-linked ichthyosis, a disease in which steroid sulfatase activity is absent. In these patients, cholesterol sulfate is found primarily in the low-density lipoprotein fraction of plasma, and the electrophoretic mobility of these lipoproteins is greatly increased.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Cholesterol Esters / blood*
  • Electrophoresis, Agar Gel
  • Female
  • Genes, Recessive
  • Genetic Linkage
  • Humans
  • Ichthyosis / blood
  • Ichthyosis / genetics*
  • Lipoproteins, LDL / blood*
  • Steryl-Sulfatase
  • Sulfatases / deficiency
  • Sulfates
  • X Chromosome

Substances

  • Cholesterol Esters
  • Lipoproteins, LDL
  • Sulfates
  • Sulfatases
  • Steryl-Sulfatase