Cholesterol deposition in macrophages: Foam cell formation mediated by cholesterol-enriched oxidized low density lipoprotein

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 101-109

  Greenspan, Phillip ^a   Yu, Hong ^a   Mao, Feiwen ^a   Gutman, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cholesterol liposomes; foam cells; macrophages; oxidized LDL

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; LIPOPROTEIN; LIPOSOME; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; FEMALE; FOAM CELL; LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; MACROPHAGE; MACROPHAGE FUNCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION;

ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ESTERS; FEMALE; FOAM CELLS; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; LIPOSOMES; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

EID: 0031036275     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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