...) and chylomicrons] determined by a novel HPLC method, with adiponectin, which is decreased in Type II diabetes and assumed to be involved in dysregulated metabolism and atherogenesis. Type II diabetic patients who were not treated with insulin, statins and fibrates were enrolled. Study subjects included Type II...

... endotoxin [LPS (lipopolysaccharide), 20 units/kg of body mass; n =8] or placebo ( n =9) in healthy males. L -Arginine and dimethylarginines were quantified after solid-phase extraction by reversed-phase HPLC. Body temperature, heart rate and leucocyte count increased after LPS administration ( P <0.01...