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Plasma levels of 27-hydroxycholesterol in humans and mice with monogenic disturbances of high density lipoprotein metabolism.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Feb 2011
Karuna Ratna, Holleboom Adriaan G, Motazacker Mohammad M, Kuivenhoven Jan Albert, Frikke-Schmidt Ruth, Tybjaerg-Hansen Anne, Georgopoulos Spiros, van Eck Miranda, van Berkel Theo J C, von Eckardstein Arnold, Rentsch Katharina M
Abstract excerpt
Secretion of 27-hydroxycholesterol (27OHC) from macrophages is considered as an alternative to HDL-mediated reverse transport of excess cholesterol. We investigated 27OHC-concentrations in plasma of humans and mice with monogenic disorders of HDL metabolism. As compared to family controls mutations in the genes for apolipoprotein A-I, ATP binding cassette transporter (ABC) A1 and lecithin:cholesterol...
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