Cholesterol accumulation in human cornea: Evidence that extracellular cholesteryl ester-rich lipid particles deposit independently of foam cells

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1849-1861

  Gaynor, Paulette M ^a   Zhang, Wei Yang ^a   Salehizadeh, Bijan ^a   Pettiford, Brian ^a   Kruth, Howard S ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

apoA I; apoB; apoE; atherosclerosis; corneal arcus; lipoproteins

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PHOSPHOLIPID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; FOAM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LIPID STORAGE; NEWBORN; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APOLIPOPROTEINS; ARCUS SENILIS; AUTOPSY; CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ESTERS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CORNEA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FOAM CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS;

EID: 0029792864     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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