"Apolipoprotein C-II" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A 9-kDa protein component of VERY-LOW-DENSITY LIPOPROTEINS. It contains a cofactor for LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE and activates several triacylglycerol lipases. The association of Apo C-II with plasma CHYLOMICRONS; VLDL, and HIGH-DENSITY LIPOPROTEINS is reversible and changes rapidly as a function of triglyceride metabolism. Clinically, Apo C-II deficiency is similar to lipoprotein lipase deficiency (HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE I) and is therefore called hyperlipoproteinemia type IB.
| Descriptor ID |
D053304
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D10.532.091.400.750 D12.776.070.400.400.750 D12.776.521.120.400.750
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| Concept/Terms |
Apolipoprotein C-II- Apolipoprotein C-II
- Apolipoprotein C II
- Apoprotein C-II
- Apoprotein C II
- Apolipoprotein C-2
- Apolipoprotein C 2
- Apolipoprotein CII
- Apo C-II
- Apo C II
- ApoC2
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The apolipoprotein E/CI/CII gene cluster and late-onset Alzheimer disease. Am J Hum Genet. 1994 Apr; 54(4):631-42.