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Lipoproteins

"Lipoproteins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Lipid-protein complexes involved in the transportation and metabolism of lipids in the body. They are spherical particles consisting of a hydrophobic core of TRIGLYCERIDES and CHOLESTEROL ESTERS surrounded by a layer of hydrophilic free CHOLESTEROL; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; and APOLIPOPROTEINS. Lipoproteins are classified by their varying buoyant density and sizes.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Lipoproteins" by people in this website by year, and whether "Lipoproteins" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 66 publications over 23 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 2005 and 2009
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