Lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase: symposium on 50 years of biomedical research from its discovery to latest findings

LCAT converts free cholesterol to cholesteryl esters in the process of reverse cholesterol transport. Familial LCAT deficiency (FLD) is a genetic disease that was first described by Kaare R. Norum and Egil Gjone in 1967. This report is a summary from a 2017 symposium where Dr. Norum recounted the hi...

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Published in:	Journal of Lipid Research
Main Authors:	Kaare R. Norum, Alan T. Remaley, Helena E. Miettinen, Erik H. Strøm, Bruno E.P. Balbo, Carlos A.T.L. Sampaio, Ingrid Wiig, Jan Albert Kuivenhoven, Laura Calabresi, John J. Tesmer, Mingyue Zhou, Dominic S. Ng, Bjørn Skeie, Sotirios K. Karathanasis, Kelly A. Manthei, Kjetil Retterstøl
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2020-08-01
Subjects:	HDL cholesterol lipoprotein cardiovascular heart disease lipoprotein X
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520434832