Esterification of oxysterols in human serum: Effects on distribution and cellular uptake

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 168-178

  Lin, Chen Yi ^a   Morel, Diane W ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cholesterol; cholesteryl ester transfer protein; lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase; lipoproteins

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE STEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL ESTERIFICATION; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; ERYTHROCYTE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LIPID INTERACTION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BLOOD; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLESTEROL ESTERS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; ERYTHROCYTES; ESTERIFICATION; HUMANS; HYDROXYCHOLESTEROLS; LIPOPROTEINS; RECEPTORS, LDL; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0030033241     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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