Progress of animal experimental research on phospholipase A2 in cardiovascular diseases / 中国比较医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Phospholipase A2(PLA2)is a class of enzymes with the ability to catalyze hydrolysis of lipoproteins and glycerophospholipid in the membrane, mainly including secreted PLA2 ( sPLA2 ) , cytosolic PLA2 ( cPLA2 ) , Ca2+-independent PLA2 ( iPLA2 ) and lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 ( Lp-PLA2 ) .They are closely related to many diseases.The studies of the role of PLA2 in cardiovascular diseases have been a hot topic in recent years.This paper focuses on the recent advances in research on the effects of PLA2 on cardiovascular diseases in animal experiments.