effects of smoking implication for atherosclerosis
Effects of cigarette smoking on HDL quantity and function: implications for atherosclerosis. He BM(1), Zhao SP, Peng ZY. Author information: (1)Department of Geriatric Medicine, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, P.R., China.igarette smoking can alter the critical enzymes of lipid transport, lowering lecithin: cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) activity and altering cholesterol ester transfer protein (CETP) and hepatic lipase activity, which attributes to its impact on HDL metabolism and HDL subfractions distribution.