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Both LDL and HDL fractions contain mainly cholesterol. 252 The fact that the overall<br />

serum cholesterol concentration was normal in the majority of dogs with pancreatitis<br />

might be explained by the fact that increases in LDL fractions were balanced by a<br />

concurrent decrease in the HDL fractions. It is possible that during pancreatitis<br />

lipoprotein metabolism is altered in a way that facilitates redistribution of lipid<br />

components (mainly cholesterol) between LDL and HDL fractions. Further studies are<br />

needed to elucidate the mechanism of lipoprotein metabolism alterations in dogs with<br />

pancreatitis.<br />

The changes in lipoprotein profiles in dogs with pancreatitis described in the<br />

present study are in agreement with the findings of studies on experimentally induced<br />

pancreatitis in dogs. 18-20<br />

Those studies have all reported similar findings, including<br />

increases in LDL and decreases in HDL fractions. Based on these findings, serum<br />

alterations in the major lipoprotein fractions are similar between naturally occurring and<br />

experimentally induced pancreatitis. However, changes in lipoprotein subfractions as a<br />

result of experimental pancreatitis have not been reported in other studies and<br />

differences might be present.<br />

TRLs were overall decreased in dogs with pancreatitis in the present study. To<br />

the authors’ knowledge, this has not been described before in dogs with pancreatitis<br />

without concurrent diseases affecting the lipoprotein metabolism. Since TRL are the<br />

main lipoprotein fractions containing triglycerides, this finding contradicts another<br />

finding of the present study, which showed that serum triglyceride concentrations were<br />

significantly higher in dogs with pancreatitis. This finding might suggest that the content

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