Lysophosphatidylcholine promotes cholesterol efflux from mouse macrophage foam cells

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1258-1266

  Hara, Seijiro ^a   Shike, Tsutomu ^a   Takasu, Nobuo ^a   Mizui, Takuji ^a  

^a SHIONOGI AND CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

ApoE; Cholesterol efflux; Lysophosphatidylcholine

Indexed keywords

ACETYL LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CHOLESTEROL; LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; MONENSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; FOAM CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION;

EID: 0030811732     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.17.7.1258     Document Type: Article

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