Tuberculosis and lipid exchange

Abstract

The review includes 3 parts. The first part describes the current understanding of the ways of lipid transportation in the human body, structural and functional specific features of various classes of lipoproteins and their role in the adaptation and pathology development. The second part includes the current data about the role of cholesterine and other lipids to the less degree in persistence and replication of tuberculous mycobacteria in the human body. The third part presents the view of various studies of lipid metabolism in case tuberculosis in humans and guinea pigs, conducted in the second half of the 20th cent.

Keywords

• туберкулез
• липидный обмен
• холестерин
• триглицериды
• липопротеины