High-density lipoprotein
"HDL, HDL2, and HDL3 subfractions, and the risk of acute myocardial infarction. A prospective population study in eastern ... High-density lipoprotein (HDL) is one of the five major groups of lipoproteins. Lipoproteins are complex particles composed of ... Kwiterovich PO (Dec 2000). "The metabolic pathways of high-density lipoprotein, low-density lipoprotein, and triglycerides: a ... Unlike the larger lipoprotein particles, which deliver fat molecules to cells, HDL particles remove fat molecules from cells. ...
Caerphilly Heart Disease Study
The Caerphilly Study re-tested these predictors together with lipid fractions and high-density lipoproteins (total HDL, HDL2 ...
Reverse cholesterol transport
Uptake of HDL2 is mediated by hepatic lipase, a special form of lipoprotein lipase found only in the liver. Hepatic lipase ... to other lipoproteins (such as LDL and VLDL), and these lipoproteins can be taken up by secreting unesterified cholesterol into ... activity is increased by androgens and decreased by estrogens, which may account for higher concentrations of HDL2 in women. ...
Vertical auto profile
... intermediate-density lipoprotein (IDL), very low density lipoprotein (VLDL), and lipoprotein (a) [Lp(a)]. In routine ... but not HDL2-C or HDL-C, independently increased the risk for long-term hard clinical events in secondary prevention patients: ... The vertical auto profile (VAP) test is a cholesterol, lipid and lipoprotein test. The name "VAP test" uses a technology, the ... 2016 Jan;23(1):41-9. 4. Remnant lipoprotein cholesterol and incident coronary heart disease: The Jackson Heart and Framingham ...
Hepatic lipase
... high-density lipoprotein) or IDL (intermediate-density lipoprotein). When it is free in the bloodstream, however, it is found ... HDL2 can then interact with LDL and IDL by transferring over fatty acids that have accumulated in the plaque. Hepatic lipase ... but will allow HL to catalyze other lipoproteins. Other lipoproteins, such as ApoE, works in a similar way by inhibiting ... "Human genes involved in lipolysis of plasma lipoproteins: mapping of loci for lipoprotein lipase to 8p22 and hepatic lipase to ...
Neuroacanthocytosis
... low density lipoprotein (LDL) and very low density lipoprotein (VLDL). Symptoms include ataxia, peripheral neuropathy, ... Acanthocytes are seen less frequently in other conditions including Huntington's disease-like syndrome 2 (HDL2) and ... described a hereditary syndrome that combined acanthocytosis with neurological peculiarities but normal serum lipoprotein. ...