Lp(a) PA is LDL plus another protein, called apoprotein. Now, we understand a little bit more about cholesterol in the vitamin C collagen cholesterol connection. We should maybe take a step back now and understand a little bit more about collagen. Collagen is our principal structural macromolecule. Let us say it is the thing we are made of most.
First of all, we are made of mostly water. The next thing we are made of is protein and round about a third of that protein is collagen. The rest of the protein is mostly enzymes, use to carry out various chemical reactions. Collagen comes in two basic forms: ropelike or phone cordlike structures that I have tried to represent here, sorry the drawings are little crude, but they also some in the form of beta pleated sheets. An interesting side note about collage, sort of explaining why it is our principal structure macromolecule, it is actually stronger than steal, per unit weight.
Now, here is a cross section of a vessel, compose of those fibers I jut showed. They are actually interwoven, kind of like the fabric of your clothing to form these structures here. Your vessels, your skin, collages everywhere. Now, if just kind of imagine for a second that, that cross section came from one of these vessels here, in this beating heart. These vessels are under a lot of pressure and stress being so close to the heart. The blood pressure is extremely high here close to the heart. You will notice these under veins are large, have very thick wall. They are able to tolerate a lot of stress. But, these vessels on the other hand, are not quite durable. What happens over time to all collagen in general get stressed, but especially in these tiny vessels is the collagen that makes them wind up looking something like this.
Here are collagen fibers, here is one, whole one, but these are broken,. They have been under a lot of stress. Collagen tears all the time in the human body. Now, the key variable to understand here in the C collagen cholesterol connection is that in order for collagen to be built or repaired, it needs vitamin C. Now, in the absence of repair, you have these gaping open ins of these torn collagen molecules.
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