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Macrophage-specific transgenic expression of cholesteryl ester hydrolase attenuates hepatic lipid accumulation and also improves glucose tolerance in ob/ob mice.
American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism - 1 May 2012
Bie Jinghua, Zhao Bin, Marqueen Kathryn E, Wang Jing, Szomju Barbara, Ghosh Shobha
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Cellular cholesterol homeostasis is increasingly being recognized as an important determinant of the inflammatory status of macrophages, and a decrease in cellular cholesterol levels polarizes macrophages toward an anti-inflammatory or M2 phenotype. Cholesteryl ester hydrolase (CEH) catalyzes the hydrolysis of stored intracellular cholesteryl esters (CE) and thereby enhances free cholesterol efflux and reduces...
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