abstract      background and objective: diabetes mellitus is the most common risk factor for coronary artery disease (cad). cholesteryl ester transfer protein (cetp) taqib polymorphism is associated with changes in lipid profile and may be a risk factor for cad in patients with diabetes. this study aimed to evaluate the association of cetp taqib polymorphism with cad in patients with type 2 dia...

This study investigates the ability of human plasmaderived lipid transfer protein to facilitate lipid transfer to and from intact viable cells in culture. Mouse peritoneal macrophages or 5774 macrophages were preincubated with acetylated low density lipoprotein and [3H]oleate/albumin to promote the intracellular synthesis and accumulation of cholesteryl [ 3H]oleate and 3H-labeled triglyceride. ...

Lipid transfer proteins can be an important cause of allergy given their stability and high degree of protein sequence homology. We describe the case of a child who developed two separate episodes of anaphylaxis after consuming apple seed and grape, with evidence that nonspecific lipid transfer proteins may have been responsible for these reactions. Lipid transfer protein allergy should be cons...