Effects of intracellular free cholesterol accumulation on macrophage viability: A model for foam cell death

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 423-431

  Kellner Weibel, G ^a   Jerome, W G ^b   Small, D M ^c   Warner, G J ^a   Stoltenborg, J K ^d   Kearney, M A ^d   Corjay, M H ^d   Phillips, M C ^a   Rothblat, G H ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Foam cell; Macrophage

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYPROPYL BETA CYCLODEXTRIN; 3BETA (2 DIETHYLAMINOETHOXY)ANDROST 5 EN 17 ONE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CELL DEATH; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FOAM CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PHOSPHOLIPID SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031943893     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.18.3.423     Document Type: Article

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