Meanwhile, Lamp2y/− rats also displayed abnormalities of metabolic function with hypercholesterolemia (CHOL 5.21 ± 0.98 mmol/L) and hyperglycaemia (GLU 9.11 ± 1.57 mmol/L), but total protein (TP) and albumin (ALB) were intact (Table 1). This evidence concerns the gene ALB and Hypercholesterolemia.