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lipoprotein Definition

lipo·pro·tein (-prōtēn′, -prōtē in)

noun

any of a group of proteins combined with a lipid, found as in blood plasma or egg yolk

lipoprotein Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • call: Cholesterol travels through the blood in minute packages mixed with large molecules called lipoproteins.
  • reduce: Statins remain the drugs of first choice for reducing low-density lipoproteins ( LDL ).
  • increase: They also have moderate effects on increasing high-density lipoprotein ( HDL ) concentration and reducing serum triglycerides.
  • raise: It has a potent effect in lowering LDL and it also appears to raise high-density lipoproteins ( HDL ).
  • oxidize: Passwater: Let's discuss oxidized lipoproteins in detail later.
  • make: The team showed that this changes the bacterium's ability to cause disease, making lipoproteins a possible route for creating a vaccine.

Adjective modifier

  • low: Similar trends were seen with respect to low density lipoprotein.
  • high: There was no change in levels of high density lipoprotein ( HDL ), the ' good ' cholesterol.

Modifies a noun

  • lipase: One caveat, tho, is that lipoprotein lipase and HDL production are probably subject to genetic control.
  • cholesterol: There were no changes in total or lipoprotein cholesterol in either group.
  • metabolism: The Golden Syrian hamster has been shown to be one of the best small animal species for the study of lipoprotein metabolism.
  • receptor: Transcripts of the other lipoprotein receptors were widely, but variably, distributed across the different cell types.
  • concentration: At one year low density lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations had fallen substantially in both groups.
  • profile: Royal jelly, a possible agent to reduce the nicotine-induced atherogenic lipoprotein profile.

Noun used with modifier

  • low-density: Effect of plant stanol tablets on low-density lipoprotein cholesterol lowering in patients on statin drugs.
  • high-density: HDL, or high-density lipoprotein, is the good cholesterol.
  • High-density: High-density lipoprotein ( HDL - the " good " cholesterol ), however, is like an empty taxi.
  • density: Similar trends were seen with respect to low density lipoprotein.
  • serum: Effects of different forms of dietary hydrogenated fats on serum lipoprotein cholesterol levels.
  • plasma: Plasma high-density lipoprotein cholesterol: association with measurements of body mass: the Lipid Research Clinics Program Prevalence Study.

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