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Impact of serum cholesterol esterification rates on the development of diabetes mellitus in a general population.
Lipids in health and disease - 28 Jul 2018
Tanaka Shin-Ichiro, Fujioka Yoshio, Tsujino Takeshi, Ishida Tatsuro, Hirata Ken-Ichi
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) plays an important role in cholesterol esterification in serum. Serum LCAT activity is elevated in patients with serum high triglyceride and low high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C) concentrations, both of which are related to metabolic syndrome and subsequent diabetes mellitus, referred to as lipotoxicity. We hypothesized that increased serum LCAT...
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