Michael D. Shapiro, DO, discusses how lipoproteins, chiefly LDL (low-density lipoprotein) and Lp(a) (lipoprotein a), drive atherosclerotic heart disease. This is a video synopsis/summary of an ...

Two UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified a protein that plays a key role in controlling the liver's release of cholesterol-carrying lipoproteins into the bloodstream, a discovery ...

In a recent study published in eBioMedicine, researchers examined the causal effects of lipoprotein particles, lipids, and other metabolites on blood pressure (BP) and pulse pressure (PP). Study: ...

Retention of apolipoprotein-B-containing lipoproteins within the arterial wall is the key initiating event in the pathobiology of atherosclerosis. Consistent evidence from genetic studies, ...

In subjects on fat-free diets the plasma lipid concentrations vary little throughout the day and tend to be highest just before breakfast. 102 When the diet contains fat the levels of cholesterol and ...

Lipoproteins consist of lipids that are chemically attached to protein conjugates called apolipoproteins. These amphipathic molecules have a central lipid core of cholesterol esters and ...

In persons who are fasting, lipids circulate in the plasma as constituents of lipoprotein particles that are defined on the basis of their density as very-low-, intermediate-, low-, and high-density ...

For almost 60 years, measuring cholesterol levels in the blood has been the best way to identify individuals at high risk of cardiovascular disease. In a new study, led by Chalmers University of ...

Revised August 2025 by Diane Oliver, MPH, RDN, LDN | Written by: Sue Snider, Ph.D.Professor/Food Safety and Nutrition Specialist Cholesterol is a waxy, fat-like substance found in cells of humans and ...