Understanding the mechanism of LCAT reaction may help to explain the high predictive value of LDL/HDL cholesterol ratio

Physiological Research

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 387-397

  Dobiasova M ^a   Frohlich, J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; FER(HDL); LCAT; LDL HDL cholesterol ratio; Reverse cholesterol transport

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; ISOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE STEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE;

ATHEROGENESIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL ESTERIFICATION; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ENZYME MECHANISM; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN SYNTHESIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REACTION ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE-STEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0032469494     PISSN: 08628408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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