Expression of human lecithin: Cholesterol acyltransferase in transgenic mice: Effects on cholesterol efflux, esterification, and transport

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 813-822

  Francone, Omar L ^a   Haghpassand, Mehrdad ^a   Bennett, Jane A ^a   Royer, Lori ^a   McNeish, John ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

cholesterol efflux; HLD turnover; LCAT; reverse cholesterol transport; transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE STEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOLIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL ESTERIFICATION; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKIN FIBROBLAST; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ESTERS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, AGAROSE; DENSITOMETRY; ESTERIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; LIVER; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE-STEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030894948     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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