| D008074 |
Lipoproteins |
Lipid-protein complexes involved in the transportation and metabolism of lipids in the body. They are spherical particles consisting of a hydrophobic core of TRIGLYCERIDES and CHOLESTEROL ESTERS surrounded by a layer of hydrophilic free CHOLESTEROL; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; and APOLIPOPROTEINS. Lipoproteins are classified by their varying buoyant density and sizes. |
Circulating Lipoproteins,Lipoprotein,Lipoproteins, Circulating |
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| D013631 |
Tangier Disease |
An autosomal recessively inherited disorder caused by mutation of ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS involved in cellular cholesterol removal (reverse-cholesterol transport). It is characterized by near absence of ALPHA-LIPOPROTEINS (high-density lipoproteins) in blood. The massive tissue deposition of cholesterol esters results in HEPATOMEGALY; SPLENOMEGALY; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; large orange tonsils; and often sensory POLYNEUROPATHY. The disorder was first found among inhabitants of Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay, MD. |
A-alphalipoprotein Neuropathy,Analphalipoproteinemia,Tangier Disease Neuropathy,Alpha High Density Lipoprotein Deficiency Disease,Cholesterol Thesaurismosis,HDLDT1,High Density Lipoprotein Deficiency, Tangier Type,High Density Lipoprotein Deficiency, Type 1,High-Density Lipoprotein Deficiency, Tangier Type,High-Density Lipoprotein Deficiency, Type I,Neuropathy of Tangier Disease,Tangier Hereditary Neuropathy,A-alphalipoprotein Neuropathies,Analphalipoproteinemias,Cholesterol Thesaurismoses,High Density Lipoprotein Deficiency, Type I,Neuropathies, A-alphalipoprotein,Neuropathy, A-alphalipoprotein,Thesaurismoses, Cholesterol,Thesaurismosis, Cholesterol |
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