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Lipids > Lipoproteins > Lipoproteins, HDL
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Lipoproteins > Lipoproteins, HDL

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Lipoproteins, HDL  

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Entry terms

  • alpha Lipoprotein
  • alpha-Lipoprotein
  • alpha Lipoproteins
  • alpha-Lipoproteins
  • Density Lipoprotein, High
  • Heavy Lipoproteins
  • High Density Lipoprotein
  • High-Density Lipoprotein
  • High Density Lipoproteins
  • High-Density Lipoproteins
  • Lipoprotein, High Density
  • Lipoprotein, High-Density
  • Lipoproteins, Heavy
  • Lipoproteins, High-Density

Note

  • hyperalphalipoproteinemia = LIPOPROTEINS, HDL /blood (IM) + HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIAS (IM); hypoalphalipoproteinemia = LIPOPROTEINS, HDL /blood (IM) + HYPOLIPOPROTEINEMIAS (IM); familial hypoalphalipoproteinemia = TANGIER DISEASE; /defic: consider also HYPOLIPOPROTEINEMIAS

Scope note

  • A class of lipoproteins of small size (4-13 nm) and dense (greater than 1.063 g/ml) particles. HDL lipoproteins, synthesized in the liver without a lipid core, accumulate cholesterol esters from peripheral tissues and transport them to the liver for re-utilization or elimination from the body (the reverse cholesterol transport). Their major protein component is APOLIPOPROTEIN A-I. HDL also shuttle APOLIPOPROTEINS C and APOLIPOPROTEINS E to and from triglyceride-rich lipoproteins during their catabolism. HDL plasma level has been inversely correlated with the risk of cardiovascular diseases.

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  • 74(72)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008075

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