Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A phospholipid usually obtained from beef heart, used in combination with lecithin and cholesterol as an antigen to diagnose syphilis.

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  • noun organic chemistry Any phospholipid having the structure of a bisphosphatidylglycerol present in the muscles of the heart

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[cardio– + lipin, lipid (Greek lipos, fat; see lipo– + –in).]

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Examples

  • Boston College biologists and colleagues at Washington University School of Medicine found new evidence to support Warburg's theory by examining mitochondrial lipids in a diverse group of mouse brain tumors, specifically a complex lipid known as cardiolipin (CL).

    Health News from Medical News Today 2009

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  • Reduction in anti-cardiolipin IgG of 13.8% at Week 52 and

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  • Histones also demonstrate a strong affinity for binding anionic phospholipids such as phosphatidylserine and cardiolipin

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  • The findings were consistent with the pivotal role of cardiolipin in maintaining the structural integrity of a cell's inner mitochondrial membrane, responsible for energy production.

    Health News from Medical News Today 2009

  • Abnormalities in cardiolipin can impair mitochondrial function and energy production.

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  • The results suggest that cardiolipin abnormalities "can underlie the irreversible respiratory injury in tumors and link mitochondrial lipid defects to the Warburg theory of cancer," according to the co-authors.

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  • Major abnormalities in cardiolipin content or composition were present in all types of tumors and closely associated with significant reductions in energy-generating activities.

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