The HDL Handbook
Biological Functions and Clinical Implications
Edited By- Tsugikazu Komoda
Hardbound, 296 Pages
Published: August 2010
Imprint: Academic Press
ISBN: 978-0-12-382171-3
Contents
Introduction
- Role of phospholipid transfer protein (PLTP) in HDL remodelling and Atherosclerosis
- The role of CETP in HDL metabolism
- The physiological role of CETP in HDL molecule metabolism
- HDL and reverse cholesterol transport: Physiological modulation
- Serum Paraoxonase PON1 and its interactions with HDL: Relationship between PON1 and oxidative stress
- Paraoxonase PON1 and its interaction with HDL: Molecular structures of PON1 and HDL
- Apoliopoprotein A-I mutations
- The Scavenger Receptor Class B Type I: An HDL Receptor Involved in Lipid Transport and HDL Dependent Signaling
- HDL and its mimetic peptides: Novel therapeutic strategies for the treatment of inflammatory vascular disease
- Sterol efflux by ABCA1 and ABCG1
- Possible roles of oxidized HDL: Structural change of HDL particle by oxidative modification and its contribution to vascular diseases
- Pre¿1-HDL: Conversion to and from spherical ¿-migrating HDL in human plasma
- Determination of circulating native and denaturated HDL concentrations and its clinical implications

