Lipid Metabolism

Lipid metabolism

lipid metabolism

Lipoproteins (cholesterol, triacylglycerol transport)

lipoproteins

  • Type I dyslipidemia (hyperchylomicronemia): too much chylomicrons due to LPL deficiency or altered C-II.
  • Type IV dyslipidemia (hypertriglyceridemia): too much TG due to overproduction of VLDL.
  • Type IIa dyslipidemia (hypercholesterolemia): too much LDL due to absent or decreased LDL receptors.
  • Abeta-lipoproteinemia: deficient B-100 and B-48. Symptoms appear in the first few months of life. Failure to thrive, steatorrhea, acanthocytosis, ataxia, night blindness.