<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//NLM//DTD JATS (Z39.96) Journal Publishing DTD v1.2d1 20170631//EN" "JATS-journalpublishing1.dtd"> <ArticleSet> <Article> <Journal> <PublisherName>njbms</PublisherName> <JournalTitle>NJBMS</JournalTitle> <PISSN>0976-6626</PISSN> <EISSN>2455-1740</EISSN> <Volume-Issue>Volume 7, Issue 3</Volume-Issue> <PartNumber/> <IssueTopic>Multidisciplinary</IssueTopic> <IssueLanguage>English</IssueLanguage> <Season>January - March 2017</Season> <SpecialIssue>N</SpecialIssue> <SupplementaryIssue>N</SupplementaryIssue> <IssueOA>Y</IssueOA> <PubDate> <Year>-0001</Year> <Month>11</Month> <Day>30</Day> </PubDate> <ArticleType>Biochemistry</ArticleType> <ArticleTitle>Association of Plasma Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein Activity with Severity of Angiographically Confirmed Coronary Artery Disease</ArticleTitle> <SubTitle/> <ArticleLanguage>English</ArticleLanguage> <ArticleOA>Y</ArticleOA> <FirstPage>145</FirstPage> <LastPage>152</LastPage> <AuthorList> <Author> <FirstName>Umamaheswari.V</FirstName> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>N</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> <FirstName>Veena</FirstName> <LastName>Juliette.A</LastName> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> <FirstName>Renuka.P</FirstName> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> </Author> </AuthorList> <DOI/> <Abstract>Background: Cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP), a hydrophobic glycoprotein has a key role in high- density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) metabolism. It transfers cholesteryl esters from HDL to apolipoprotein-B containing particles in exchange for triglycerides, thereby reducing the concentration of HDL-C and increasing non-HDL-C, a lipoprotein distribution predisposing to atheroma formation. Plasma CETPactivity has been associated with plasma HDL-C concentrations.Objectives: To determine the association of plasma CETP activity and its associated plasma lipoproteins concentration with angiographically confirmed Coronary artery disease (CAD).Materials and Methods: In this case-control study, we analysed the plasma CETP activity in 146 patients with angiographically proven Coronary atherosclerosis and 145 non-cardiac cases as control subjects. Plasma CETP activity was determined by fluorometry and serum lipoproteins wereestimated by routine enzymatic end point methods using an autoanalyser.Results: Patients with CAD had significantly high plasma CETP activity (90.72+15.83pmol/μL/hr) than control subjects (65.23 + 12.23pmol/μL/hr, P=0.000). CAD patients with single, double or triple vessel disease had significantly high CETP activity when compared to control subjects. Significantly lower HDL-C (38.5+9.7 mg/dl versus 48.2+9.9 mg/dL,P=0.000) was observed in Coronary atherosclerosis patients than control subjects.Conclusion: Our findings indicated that the plasma CETP activity was significantly associated with severity of Coronary artery disease and CETP activity may be an independent risk factor for Coronary atherosclerosis.</Abstract> <AbstractLanguage>English</AbstractLanguage> <Keywords>Cholesteryl ester transfer protein, High density lipoprotein,Coronary artery disease</Keywords> <URLs> <Abstract>https://njbms.in/ubijournal-v1copy/journals/abstract.php?article_id=2616&title=Association of Plasma Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein Activity with Severity of Angiographically Confirmed Coronary Artery Disease</Abstract> </URLs> <References> <ReferencesarticleTitle>References</ReferencesarticleTitle> <ReferencesfirstPage>16</ReferencesfirstPage> <ReferenceslastPage>19</ReferenceslastPage> <References/> </References> </Journal> </Article> </ArticleSet>