ABSTRACT

Disturbance of the metabolism of cholesterol and its esters contained in complex supermolecular formations-lipoproteins (LP) is one of the important pathogenic factors in the development of atherosclerosis and the most frequent cause of 1HD. The structure and "metabolism of the lipoproteins, synthesis and oxidation of cholesterol, and the relation of these processes to atherosclerosis received great attention in the literature [131-140].