Is reverse cholesterol transport a misnomer for suggesting its role in the prevention of atheroma formation?

doi:10.1016/0021-9150(95)05531-z

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Is reverse cholesterol transport a misnomer for suggesting its role in the prevention of atheroma formation?

Atherosclerosis - 1 Jul 1995

Quintão E C

Abstract excerpt

Reverse cholesterol transport from peripheral tissues, including the arterial wall, involves high density lipoprotein (HDL) uptake of unesterified cell cholesterol, its esterification by lecithin-cholesterol-acyl-transferase (LCAT), direct HDL-cholesteryl ester uptake by the liver and the indirec...

Topics

Animals
Apolipoproteins
Arteriosclerosis
Biological Transport
Carrier Proteins
Cholesterol
Cholesterol Ester Transfer Proteins
Cholesterol Esters
Cholesterol, HDL
Disease Susceptibility
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Glycoproteins
Humans
Lipase
Lipid Metabolism, Inborn Errors
Liver
Phosphatidylcholine-Sterol O-Acyltransferase

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PMID: 7488324
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9150(95)05531-z

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LCAT
CETP

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PubMed metadata and Literature Corpus relationships. Corpus snapshot updated 30 Aug 2026. Prepared record publication-7488324-2026-08-30.1. Manifest publication-graph-cohort-2026-08-30.1.

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