Endothelial lipase: Direct evidence for a role in HDL metabolism

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 318-321

  Cohen, Jonathan C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A; CHOLESTEROL ESTER TRANSFER PROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CATALYSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CORONARY RISK; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; UPREGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; HUMANS; LIPASE; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TETRAODONTIFORMES;

EID: 0037314196     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI200317744     Document Type: Note

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