Cholesteryl ester transfer protein and its inhibitors

Most of the cholesterol in plasma is in an esterified form that is generated in potentially cardioprotective HDLs. Cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) mediates bidirectional transfers of cholesteryl esters (CEs) and triglycerides (TGs) between plasma lipoproteins. Because CE originates in HDLs...

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Main Authors: Sudichhya Shrestha, Ben J. Wu, Liam Guiney, Philip J. Barter, Kerry-Anne Rye
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520331138