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Compound heterozygosity (G71R/R140H) in the lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) gene results in an intermediate phenotype between LCAT-deficiency and fish-eye disease.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Jul 2006
Hörl Gerd, Kroisel Peter M, Wagner Elke, Tiran Beate, Petek Erwin, Steyrer Ernst
Abstract excerpt
The esterification of free cholesterol (FC) in plasma, catalyzed by the enzyme lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT; EC 2.3.1.43), is a key process in lipoprotein metabolism. The resulting cholesteryl esters (CE) represent the main core lipids of low (LDL) and high density lipoproteins (HDL). Primary (familial) LCAT-deficiency (FLD) is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disease caused by the complete or...
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