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Overexpression of steroidogenic acute regulatory protein increases macrophage cholesterol efflux to apolipoprotein AI.
Cardiovascular research - 1 Jun 2010
Taylor Janice M W, Borthwick Faye, Bartholomew Chris, Graham Annette
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AIMS: In this study, we investigated the impact of enhancing cholesterol delivery to mitochondrial sterol 27-hydroxylase, via steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR), on the expression of genes involved in macrophage cholesterol homeostasis and efflux of cholesterol to apolipoprotein (apo) AI. METHODS AND RESULTS: Stably transfected, murine (RAW 264.7) macrophages were used to investigate the role of StAR...
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