LIPOPROTEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lipoprotein mean? 

• LIPOPROTEIN (noun)
  The noun LIPOPROTEIN has 1 sense:

1. a conjugated protein having a lipid component; the principal means for transporting lipids in the blood

  Familiarity information: LIPOPROTEIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIPOPROTEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A conjugated protein having a lipid component; the principal means for transporting lipids in the blood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("lipoprotein" is a kind of...):

compound protein; conjugated protein (a protein complex combining amino acids with other substances)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lipoprotein"):

alpha-lipoprotein; HDL; high-density lipoprotein (a lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood; composed of a high proportion of protein and relatively little cholesterol; high levels are thought to be associated with decreased risk of coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis)

beta-lipoprotein; LDL; low-density lipoprotein (a lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood; composed of moderate amount of protein and a large amount of cholesterol; high levels are thought to be associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis)

very low density lipoprotein; VLDL (large lipoproteins rich in triglycerides; VLDLs circulate through the blood giving up their triglycerides to fat and muscle tissue until the VLDL remnants are modified and converted into LDL)

 Context examples 

ABC transporters consist of two integral membrane proteins (permeases) each having six transmembrane segments, two peripheral membrane proteins that bind and hydrolyze ATP, and a periplasmic (or lipoprotein) substrate-binding protein.

(ABC Transporter, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes LDLR chaperone MESD protein, plays a role in the modulation of the folding of low-density lipoprotein receptor family proteins.

(MESDC2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

High-density lipoproteins (HDL) is thought to remove cholesterol from arteries and carry it to the liver for removal from the body.

(When HDL cholesterol doesn’t protect against heart disease, NIH)

This agent lowers plasma cholesterol and lipoprotein levels and modulates immune responses by suppressing MHC II (major histocompatibility complex II) on interferon gamma-stimulated, antigen-presenting cells such as human vascular endothelial cells.

(Atorvastatin, NCI Thesaurus)

An agonist of niacin receptors capable of mimicking niacin's ability to increase high-density lipoprotein (HDL).

(Acifran, NCI Thesaurus)

The major components of lipids are fatty acids, triglycerides, phospholipids, glycolipids, sphingolipids, steroids (cholesterol), and lipoproteins.

(Dietary Lipid, NCI Thesaurus)

A kinesin I membrane receptor for cell mobility, adhesion, and axonogenesis/synaptogenesis, APP variants inhibit Notch signaling, regulate copper homeostasis, bind lipoproteins, activate transcription, and enhance apoptosis via G(O) and JIP pathways.

(Amyloid Beta A4 Protein Precursor, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the apolipoprotein A1 in the high density lipoproteins of a biological specimen.

(Apolipoprotein A1 Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

This allele, which encodes C-X-C motif chemokine 16 protein, may play a role in lymphocyte chemotaxis and scavenger receptor for oxidized low density lipoprotein.

(CXCL16 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Conversely, high levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol are associated with a lower risk of heart disease.

(Rare mutations reduce heart disease risk, NIH)