Article
A family with complete deficiency of plasma cholesteryl ester transfer protein activities.
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Jul 1994
Makita H, Tsuji M, Furuya Y, Tsuchihashi K, Akita H, Chiba H
Abstract excerpt
A 43-year-old male with a high value of high density lipoprotein cholesterol (151 mg/dl) was found among subjects receiving annual health checks. We investigated the cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) activity and conducted a family study. There was complete deficiency of CETP activities i...
Topics
- Adult
- Apolipoproteins
- Carrier Proteins
- Cholesterol Ester Transfer Proteins
- Cholesterol, HDL
- DNA
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Female
- Genotype
- Glycoproteins
- Humans
- Lipids
- Male
- Pedigree
- Point Mutation