Is cholesterol lowering following UVA blood irradiation an effect of citrate?
Herrmann, W.; Kost, H.R.; Lindhofer, H.G.
Zeitschrift für die Gesamte Innere Medizin und ihre Grenzgebiete 39(22): 564-566
1984
ISSN/ISBN: 0044-2542 PMID: 6528679 Document Number: 221220
On 92 patients the effect of the UV irradiation of blood on the blood parameters is studied. In the blood picture a decrease of leucocytes and reticulocytes is observed, in which case the latter is in connection with the decrease of blood and not with the UVA irradiation. In test persons with increased cholesterol level after UVA therapy as well as after a mere citrate infusion (anticoagulancy) during four weeks highly significant decrease of the cholesterol level, above all of the LDL-cholesterol appears. HDL cholesterol and triglycerides are not influenced. The decrease of cholesterol by citrate infusion is discussed and it is referred to possible therapeutic consequences.