cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) deficiency

Pathology

• deficiency in animals results in resistance to atherosclerosis, excess in susceptibility

Genetics

• autosomal dominant
• associated with defects in cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP)

Laboratory

increased HDL cholesterol

More general terms

• lipid metabolism, inborn error; lipid storage disease; lipidosis

More specific terms

• familial hyperalphalipoproteinemia

Database

• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/607322