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. 2022:1377:13-26.
doi: 10.1007/978-981-19-1592-5_2.

HDL and Cholesterol Ester Transfer Protein (CETP)

Siying Deng  1 , Jiewen Liu  2 , Chenguang Niu  3
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HDL and Cholesterol Ester Transfer Protein (CETP)

Siying Deng et al. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2022.

Abstract

Cholesterol ester transfer protein (CETP) is important clinically and is one of the major targets in cardiovascular disease studies. With high conformational flexibility, its tunnel structure allows unforced movement of high-density lipoproteins (HDLs), VLDLs, and LDLs. Research in reverse cholesterol transports (RCT) reveals that the regulation of CETP activity can change the concentration of cholesteryl esters (CE) in HDLs, VLDLs, and LDLs. These molecular insights demonstrate the mechanisms of CETP activities and manifest the correlation between CETP and HDL. However, animal and cell experiments focused on CETP give controversial results. Inhibiting CETP is found to be beneficial to anti-atherosclerosis in terms of increasing plasma HDL-C, while it is also claimed that CETP weakens atherosclerosis formation by promoting RCT. Currently, the CETP-related drugs are still immature. Research on CETP inhibitors is targeted at improving efficacy and minimizing adverse reactions. As for CETP agonists, research has proved that they also can be used to resist atherosclerosis.

Keywords: Anti-atherosclerosis; CETP agonists; CETP inhibitor; Cholesterol ester transfer protein; Reverse cholesterol transport.

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