[Effect of ethanol on lipoprotein metabolism in human and animal blood]

The amount and composition of human and animal blood plasma lipoproteins have been studied as affected by low temperature and high doses of ethanol. Results are presented. A conclusion about antiatherogenic properties of low doses of ethanol based on the data of its effect on the system of blood lipoproteins cannot be considered completely proved. Reliable interpretation of the results of the ethanol effect on lipoproteins and atherogenesis processes needs the further study of mechanisms of the ethanol effect on the exchange and modification of the basic classes of lipoproteins and their subfractions, many their peculiarities being not studied yet.