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Reverse Cholesterol Transport Dysfunction Is a Feature of Familial Hypercholesterolemia.
Current atherosclerosis reports - 29 Apr 2021
Escolà-Gil Joan Carles, Rotllan Noemí, Julve Josep, Blanco-Vaca Francisco
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: We seek to establish whether high-density lipoprotein HDL metabolism and reverse cholesterol transport (RCT) impairment is an intrinsic feature of familial hypercholesterolemia (FH). RECENT FINDINGS: RCT from macrophages (m-RCT), a vascular cell type of major influence on atherosclerosis, is impaired in FH due to defective low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) function via both the HDL- and...
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