Bioactive Lysophospholipids Generated by Hepatic Lipase Degradation of Lipoproteins Lead to Complement Activation via the Classical Pathway
Author(s) -
Wanchao Ma,
David C. Paik,
Gaetano R. Barile
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
investigative ophthalmology and visual science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.935
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1552-5783
pISSN - 0146-0404
DOI - 10.1167/iovs.14-14352
Subject(s) - complement system , chemistry , biochemistry , very low density lipoprotein , lipoprotein , hepatic lipase , phospholipase a , cholesterol , phospholipase a2 , enzyme , biology , immunology , antibody
We determined bioactivity of lysophospholipids generated by degradation of the low-density (LDL), very low-density (VLDL), and high-density (HDL) lipoproteins with hepatic lipase (HL), cholesterol esterase (CE), and lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2).
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