Free fatty acid concentrations in gallbladder bile collected from Chilean patients with gallstones

Tsuchiya Y.; Serra, I.; Hori, Y; Calvo, A; Villegas, R; Shibuya, N; Nakamura K.; Yamamoto M.

Abstract

Objectives: To evaluate the association between gallstones and biliary free fatty acids (FFAs) as the first attempt to clarify whether biliary FFAs relate to developing gallbladder cancer (GBC) in Chile, which has the highest mortality rate in the world. Design and methods: Gallbladder bile from 21 male and 129 female patients with gallstones from Santiago was collected, and their FFAs were measured. The results were compared with those observed in a similar previous study performed in Niigata and Kochi Prefectures which showed the highest and lowest mortality rates, respectively, for GBC in Japan. Results: Palmitoleic and linolenic acids compositions in Santiago patients were significantly lower than those in Niigata and Kochi patients, though these compositions in Niigata patients were significantly lower than those in Kochi patients. The levels of these FFAs compositions decreased in the order of Kochi, Niigata, and Santiago patients. Conclusions: Decreased biliary FFAs compositions may relate to developing gallstones and subsequently GBC. © 2005 The Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists.

Más información

Título según WOS: Free fatty acid concentrations in gallbladder bile collected from Chilean patients with gallstones
Título según SCOPUS: Free fatty acid concentrations in gallbladder bile collected from Chilean patients with gallstones
Título de la Revista: CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY
Volumen: 39
Número: 4
Editorial: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Fecha de publicación: 2006
Página de inicio: 410
Página final: 413
Idioma: English
URL: http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0009912005003103
DOI:

10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2005.11.006

Notas: ISI, SCOPUS