Table 1 Top associations between metabolic fluxes and lipoproteins in the hepatic triacylglycerol to cholesteryl ester pathway

From: Genetically personalised organ-specific metabolic models in health and disease

Reaction

Blood metabolic feature

Effect size

FDR-adjusted P value (INTERVAL)

FDR-adjusted P value (UKB)

Triacylglycerol lipase

HDL_CE_pct

+

3.48 × 10−31

2.22 × 10−72

HDL_CE_pct_C

+

1.86 × 10−73

<2.225 × 10−308

HDL_size

2.97 × 10−50

4.67 × 10−292

HDL_TG

9.88 × 10−74

1.12 × 10−245

LDL_TG

3.37 × 10−78

3.30 × 10−250

Ethanolamine phosphotransferase

HDL_CE_pct

+

1.49 × 10−29

5.98 × 10−70

HDL_CE_pct_C

+

4.39 × 10−74

<2.225 × 10−308

HDL_size

4.25 × 10−53

9.52 × 10−307

HDL_TG

2.86 × 10−73

1.60 × 10−249

LDL_TG

3.99 × 10−79

1.97 × 10−259

Lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase

HDL_CE_pct

+

5.45 × 10−22

1.15 × 10−52

HDL_CE_pct_C

+

4.60 × 10−46

1.12 × 10−235

HDL_size

4.24 × 10−33

2.17 × 10−206

HDL_TG

7.02 × 10−54

3.70 × 10−171

LDL_TG

9.03 × 10−55

2.05 × 10−171

Cholesteryl ester release

HDL_CE_pct

+

3.76 × 10−26

4.17 × 10−62

HDL_CE_pct_C

+

5.19 × 10−59

8.75 × 10−291

HDL_size

2.17 × 10−41

8.02 × 10−254

HDL_TG

1.97 × 10−61

8.76 × 10−206

LDL_TG

1.23 × 10−66

1.35 × 10−215

Cholesterol esterase

HDL_CE_pct

1.50 × 10−23

4.31 × 10−57

HDL_CE_pct_C

4.32 × 10−60

2.10 × 10−264

HDL_size

+

5.11 × 10−37

1.29 × 10−226

HDL_TG

+

3.90 × 10−51

7.37 × 10−186

LDL_TG

+

2.92 × 10−60

2.56 × 10−200

Retinyl ester hydrolase

HDL_CE_pct

3.76 × 10−23

1.04 × 10−53

HDL_CE_pct_C

8.90 × 10−57

1.24 × 10−261

HDL_size

+

2.15 × 10−37

1.87 × 10−227

HDL_TG

+

3.14 × 10−49

1.54 × 10−175

LDL_TG

+

2.19 × 10−57

3.34 × 10−193

  1. A complete list of significant associations is provided in Supplementary Data 3. The statistical significance of each flux to lipoprotein associations was evaluated with linear regression (two-tailed t-test for flux effect size; Methods). HDL_CE_pct cholesteryl esters to total lipids ratio in HDL, HDL_CE_pct_C esterified cholesterol to total cholesterol ratio in HDL, HDL_size mean diameter for HDL particles, HDL_TG triglycerides in HDL, LDL_TG triglycerides in LDL.