High density lipoproteins, reverse transport of cholesterol, and coronary artery disease. Insights from mutations.

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High density lipoproteins, reverse transport of cholesterol, and coronary artery disease. Insights from mutations.

Circulation - 1 Apr 1993

Assmann G, von Eckardstein A, Funke H

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BACKGROUND: The reverse cholesterol transport model is most widely used to explain both the role of high density lipoproteins (HDL) in lipid metabolism and the inverse association between HDL cholesterol plasma concentration and the risk for coronary artery disease (CAD). As familial HDL choleste...

Topics

Apolipoprotein A-I
Apolipoproteins
Biological Transport
Carrier Proteins
Cholesterol Ester Transfer Proteins
Cholesterol, HDL
Coronary Disease
Glycoproteins
Humans
Lecithin Cholesterol Acyltransferase Deficiency
Mutation
Risk Factors

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