The study further showed that zebrafish fed with CdCl2 (12 and 24 μM for 4 weeks) resulted in a dramatic increase in cholesterol and triglyceride (TG) levels, as well as markers of fatty liver, suggesting that CdCl2 induces hyperlipidemia and fatty liver changes by modulation of cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) activity [57]. Here, CETP is linked to hyperlipidemia.