TY - JOUR
T1 - Plasmalogens
AU - Oster, Kurt A.
AU - Gotto, Antonio
AU - Jackson, Richard L.
PY - 1974/4/18
Y1 - 1974/4/18
N2 - To the Editor: It is difficult to understand why Drs. Jackson and Gotto should have neglected to include in their review of phospholipids in biology and medicine (N Engl J Med 290:24, 87, 1974) the extensive research on phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylserine, and phosphatidylethanolamine, commonly called plasmalogens. It is an established fact that about 30 per cent of the phospholipids in human myocardium are plasmalogens. Studies have shown that the disappearance of plasmalogens, essential components of the cell membrane, from the arterial wall and the myocardium, is associated with the incipient atherosclerotic process and the onset of myocardial infarction.1,2 These changes are.
AB - To the Editor: It is difficult to understand why Drs. Jackson and Gotto should have neglected to include in their review of phospholipids in biology and medicine (N Engl J Med 290:24, 87, 1974) the extensive research on phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylserine, and phosphatidylethanolamine, commonly called plasmalogens. It is an established fact that about 30 per cent of the phospholipids in human myocardium are plasmalogens. Studies have shown that the disappearance of plasmalogens, essential components of the cell membrane, from the arterial wall and the myocardium, is associated with the incipient atherosclerotic process and the onset of myocardial infarction.1,2 These changes are.
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM197404182901622
DO - 10.1056/NEJM197404182901622
M3 - Letter
AN - SCOPUS:84970759338
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 290
SP - 913
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 16
ER -