Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation high-density lipoprotein
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun High density lipoprotein, a lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood; high levels are thought to be associated with decreased risk of coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis; sometimes called
good cholesterol . Contrasted withLDL .
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- initialism chemistry Initialism of
high-density lipoprotein . - initialism electronics Initialism of
Hardware Description Language .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood; composed of a high proportion of protein and relatively little cholesterol; high levels are thought to be associated with decreased risk of coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis
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Examples
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Later results indicated that the increase in HDL is actually protective.
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That's because HDL is a kind of blood-borne barge that hauls fat from the artery wall to the liver for excretion.
USATODAY.com - 'Next frontier' in heart disease: Undoing it 2006
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Researchers there found that the villagers had a mutation in HDL's biggest protein, apoA-1.
USATODAY.com - 'Next frontier' in heart disease: Undoing it 2006
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A small increase in HDL produces nearly as much of a benefit as LDL [low-density lipoprotein or "bad" cholesterol] reduction, "said Dr. Steve Nissen, senior author of the study and chairman of cardiovascular medicine at the Cleveland Clinic.
Medpundit 2007
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Still, it isn't clear if raising HDL translates into a reduction of cardiovascular events like heart attacks and strokes.
UPDATE: Lilly Study Shows Experimental Drug Boosts Good Cholesterol Jennifer Corbett Dooren 2011
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It also reverberated through other companies, including Merck & Co ., which are developing HDL-raising drugs in hopes of cashing in on what heart experts call the "HDL hypothesis."
Abbott Dealt Blow in Cholesterol Drug Trial Ron Winslow 2011
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What's so beneficial about it, it seems to be better at lowering the bad levels of cholesterol, the HDL, which is so hard to do.
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But a new product called HDL Booster, developed by Goodman, might help, too.
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People with high levels of HDL, which is known to protect against heart disease, also had high expression levels of the gene called VNN1.
Beyond DNA 2007
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Actually I do, but I also do know that one of the best ways to raise your HDL, which is the good cholesterol, is exercise.
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