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Lipids and their various components such as cholesterol, fatty acids, and lipoproteins are essential for our well being by providing nutrient calories and by serving as important building blocks for various life processes. Lipids are essential for the cell membrane; for the sheath that surrounds nerves; as the basic molecule for synthesizing and secreting steroids by the adrenal, gonads and placenta; as important participants in the immune recognition of foreign invaders and the mediation of inflammation via T-lymphocytes. No discussion of the problems of excess cholesterol, its relationship to atherosclerotic heart disease and its treatment can take place without some simple review of the metabolism of lipoproteins and of cholesterol.

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Vol. 6 Núm.1. Enero 2008 Pags. 25-26 Rev Venez Endocrinol Metabol 2008; 6(1)