Concept information
Preferred term
Receptors, Lipoprotein
Type
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mesh:Descriptor
Definition
- Cell surface proteins that bind lipoproteins with high affinity. Lipoprotein receptors in the liver and peripheral tissues mediate the regulation of plasma and cellular cholesterol metabolism and concentration. The receptors generally recognize the apolipoproteins of the lipoprotein complex, and binding is often a trigger for endocytosis.
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Lipoprotein Receptor
- Lipoprotein Receptors
- Receptors, Lipoproteins
Allowable Qualifier(s)
- administration & dosage (Qualifier)
- agonists (Qualifier)
- analysis (Qualifier)
- antagonists & inhibitors (Qualifier)
- biosynthesis (Qualifier)
- blood (Qualifier)
- chemistry (Qualifier)
- classification (Qualifier)
- deficiency (Qualifier)
- drug effects (Qualifier)
- genetics (Qualifier)
- history (Qualifier)
- immunology (Qualifier)
- isolation & purification (Qualifier)
- metabolism (Qualifier)
- physiology (Qualifier)
- radiation effects (Qualifier)
- therapeutic use (Qualifier)
- ultrastructure (Qualifier)
In other languages
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French
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Récepteur de lipoprotéine
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Récepteur des lipoprotéines
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-G1ZNQN88-R
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