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Treatment of severe hypercholesterolemia in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice by bone marrow transplantation.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Aug 1995
Boisvert W A, Spangenberg J, Curtiss L K
Abstract excerpt
Apo E, a key regulator of cholesterol-rich lipoprotein metabolism, is synthesized by numerous extrahepatic tissues. Although its synthesis in macrophages is documented, the contribution of macrophage-derived apo E to hepatic clearance of serum cholesterol is unknown. To address this issue bone marrow transplantation was performed on hypercholesterolemic apo E-deficient mice with either syngeneic apo E-deficient...
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