Plasma lipid transfer proteins and cardiovascular disease. The Framingham Heart Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) and phospholipid transfer protein (PLTP) are two genetically-related plasma proteins involved in the exchange of cholesteryl esters and phospholipids between high-density lipoproteins (HDL) and other lipoproteins. Although low CETP and high PLTP activity both result in higher concentrations of plasma HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C), there is no evidence that either of these changes is associated with a decrease in cardiovascular disease (CVD) in a general population.

Methods

Plasma CETP and PLTP activities, measured by homogenous fluorometric assays using synthetic donor particle substrates, were related to the incidence of a first CVD event in Framingham Heart Study Offspring participants without CVD (n = 2679, mean age 59 y, 56%

SUBMITTER: Robins SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3692011 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature