VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does very low density lipoprotein mean? 

• VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN (noun)
  The noun VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN has 1 sense:

1. large lipoproteins rich in triglycerides; VLDLs circulate through the blood giving up their triglycerides to fat and muscle tissue until the VLDL remnants are modified and converted into LDL

  Familiarity information: VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large lipoproteins rich in triglycerides; VLDLs circulate through the blood giving up their triglycerides to fat and muscle tissue until the VLDL remnants are modified and converted into LDL

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

very low density lipoprotein; VLDL

Hypernyms ("very low density lipoprotein" is a kind of...):

lipoprotein (a conjugated protein having a lipid component; the principal means for transporting lipids in the blood)

 Context examples 

It is caused by elevation of low density and very low density lipoproteins.

(Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II, NCI Thesaurus)

In an animal model, khelloside lowered low density lipoprotein cholesterol, high density lipoprotein cholesterol, and total cholesterol; very low density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglycerides were not changed.

(Khelloside, NCI Thesaurus)

Although the exact mechanism of action by which niacin lowers cholesterol is not fully understood, it may act by inhibiting the synthesis of very low density lipoproteins (VLDL), inhibiting the release of free fatty acids from adipose tissue, increasing lipoprotein lipase activity, and reducing the hepatic synthesis of VLDL-C and LDL-C.

(Niacin, NCI Thesaurus)