Low Density Lipoprotein

Preferred Label : Low Density Lipoprotein;

NCIt synonyms : LDL;

NCIt definition : A lipoprotein that carries cholesterol around the body, for use by various cells. LDL transports cholesterol to the arteries and increased levels are associated with atherosclerosis, and thus myocardial infarctions and strokes. This is why cholesterol inside LDL lipoproteins is called bad cholesterol.;

ChEBI ID : CHEBI:39026;

Details

Origin ID

C25187;

UMLS CUI

C0023823;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- LDL [MedDRA LLT]
- Lipoprotein.beta [LOINC component]
- Very low density lipoprotein [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- cholesterol [MedlinePlus Topic]
- electronegative low-density lipoprotein [MeSH concept]
- ldl [TUV Concept]
- lipoproteins, LDL [MeSH concept]
- lipoproteins, ldl [MeSH Descriptor]
- low density lipoprotein inhibitor [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- low density lipoprotein inhibitor [MeSH concept]
- oxidized low density lipoprotein [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- very low density lipoprotein [SNOMED Notion]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Low density lipoprotein [FMA entity]
- Low density lipoprotein [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- low density lipoprotein [SNOMED Notion]
False automatic mappings
- Low density lipoprotein (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- obsolete low-density lipoprotein [GO term]
Semantic type(s)
- Biologically Active Substance [UMLS semantic type]
- Organic Chemical [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Lipoprotein.beta [LOINC part]
- Lipoprotein.beta [LOINC component]
- Low density lipoprotein [FMA entity]
- Low density lipoprotein (substance) [SNOMED CT concept]
- ldl [TUV Concept]
- ldl: the bad cholesterol [MedlinePlus Topic]
- lipoproteins, LDL [MeSH concept]
- lipoproteins, ldl [MeSH Descriptor]
- low density lipoprotein [SNOMED Notion]
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- CTRP Biomarker Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CTRP Terminology [NCIt concept]

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