Talk:Apolipoprotein B

It would be good to add notes about ApoB levels (normal and abnormal and desired) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.116.163.199 (talk) 06:49, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

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Is Apolipoprotein B same as apoprotein B? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.134.72.149 (talk) 19:47, 22 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I've heard the terms used interchangeably, although I'm not certain "apoprotein" is considered as accurate/proper a description. DoctorEric (talk) 20:53, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Opening paragraph too LDL centered
Although the article does later discuss lipoproteins other than LDL that are associated with ApoB (IDL, VLDL, TG, and even chylomicrons), the only one mentioned in the opening paragraph is LDL. Admittedly this is the most important of the group, but the main reason ApoB is superior to a standard LDL-C measurement is that ApoB measures all the atherogenic particles in the blood (especially if it's directly measured, rather than just calculated). If you agree, please consider rewriting the opening paragraph to reflect this deficiency DoctorEric (talk) 21:00, 21 September 2011 (UTC)

Uniformity
In various places in the article, apolipoprotein B is referred to as "APOB," "ApoB," and "apoB." Let's choose just one, and stick with it. My personal preference would be for "ApoB" since it is the abreviation of the first word, and the initial of the subtype. "APOB" looks like the intitials of 4 words. DoctorEric (talk) 21:20, 21 September 2011 (UTC)
 * As previously proposed, and without objection from other users in over a year, I made the article uniform by changing all APOB to ApoB (with the exception of the APOB gene, according to convention). I marked this as a minor edit, since no other aspects of the article were altered -- I even resisted the urge to fix spelling and grammatical errors I came across. I think I found and corrected all of them, but feel free to correct any I may have overlooked. I hope future editors take this uniformity into consideration. DoctorEric (talk) 20:56, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Role in Innate Immune System
I am not a biologist. The following is written in a style appropriate to an abstract in a biological journal. Someone who knows what this means should rewrite it in a style appropriate to a general-purpose encyclopedia at, say, twelfth-grade reading level."VLDL and LDL interfere with the quorum sensing system that upregulates genes required for invasive Staphylococcus aureus infection. The mechanism of antagonism entails binding ApoB, to a S. aureus autoinducer pheromone, preventing signaling through its receptor."Surely I could follow the wikilinks and find out what all the jargon means, and rewrite it myself, but that would probably take a few hours, and it's time for dinner. --  Solo Owl   22:17, 2 September 2013 (UTC)

Historic reasons?
However, primarily for historic reasons, cholesterol, and more specifically, LDL-cholesterol, remains the primary lipid test for the risk factor of atherosclerosis.
 * Which historic reasons? Are there any references about it? I had understood that it was because it's less costly to perform. Eyesighter (talk) 17:25, 26 February 2014 (UTC)

Probably weasel words. But I happen to agree with them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.171.106.86 (talk) 20:07, 14 March 2014 (UTC)

"mechanism that is not fully understood" implies causality and is inappropriate to use with "leads to". It is more appropriate to restrict any linkage to a simple association (association reference should be cited) until some causality is identified. I believe personally that neither ApoB (particle number) or LDL quantity can be causal since I have both ApoB and LDL extreme levels at five times the "recommended" levels and at age 68 have absolutely no artery disease. There are significant numbers of individuals just like me as shown in the Simon Broome registry of disease-free FH elderly individuals. Any explanation of "something else" occurring (genes, environment) simply means that the "something else" is likely the causal mechanism rather than either ApoB or LDL. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RockyBob (talk • contribs) 03:50, 3 April 2014 (UTC)

How do you know you don't have a disease? How did you get tested for that? Blood tests? Ultrasound? Other imaging?

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