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Regulation and mechanisms of ATP-binding cassette transporter A1-mediated cellular cholesterol efflux.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 1 Jul 2003
Wang Nan, Tall Alan R
Abstract excerpt
ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) plays a major role in cholesterol homeostasis and HDL metabolism. ABCA1 mediates cellular cholesterol and phospholipid efflux to lipid-poor apolipoproteins, and upregulation of ABCA1 activity is antiatherogenic. ApoA-I, the major apolipoprotein component of HDL, promotes ABCA1-mediated cholesterol and phospholipid efflux, probably by directly binding to ABCA1. ABCA1...
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