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Association of lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase activity and low-density lipoprotein heterogeneity with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk: a longitudinal pilot study

BACKGROUND: Lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) is believed to be involved in reverse cholesterol transport, which is known to play a key role in suppression of atherosclerosis. However, recent investigations have demonstrated that higher LCAT activity, measured in terms of the serum cholest...

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Autores principales: Yokoyama, Katsuaki, Tani, Shigemasa, Matsuo, Rei, Matsumoto, Naoya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6280370/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30518338
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-018-0967-1