novel cardiac risk markers

The chemical structure of Lipoprotein (a) is homologous to that of the LDL particle. LDL mainly contains apo B100. The major structural difference is that, in addition to apo B, Lipoprotein (a) has a second protein, apolipoprotein (a), bound to apo B100. Apolipoprotein (a) is markedly similar to plasminogen, one of the proteins of the […]