Plasma lipid transfer proteins, high-density lipoproteins, and reverse cholesterol transport.

doi:10.1146/annurev.nutr.18.1.297

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Plasma lipid transfer proteins, high-density lipoproteins, and reverse cholesterol transport.

Annual review of nutrition - 1 Jan 1998

Bruce C, Chouinard R A, Tall A R

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Cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) and phospholipid transfer protein (PLTP) are members of the lipid transfer/lipopolysaccharide binding protein gene family. Recently, the crystal structure of one of the members of the gene family, bactericidal permeability increasing protein, was solved,...

Topics

Animals
Arteriosclerosis
Biological Transport
Carrier Proteins
Cholesterol
Cholesterol Ester Transfer Proteins
Gene Expression Regulation
Glycoproteins
Humans
Insulin Resistance
Membrane Proteins
Mutation
Phospholipid Transfer Proteins

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