Cytotoxic cholesterol is generated by the hydrolysis of cytoplasmic cholesteryl ester and transported to the plasma membrane

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 309-319

  Kellner Weibel, G ^a   Geng, Y J ^b   Rothblat, G H ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoplasmic cholesteryl ester; Cytotoxic cholesterol; Foam cell; Hydrolysis; Plasma membrane

Indexed keywords

3BETA (2 DIETHYLAMINOETHOXY)ANDROST 5 EN 17 ONE; ACETYL LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; CHLOROQUINE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; CHOLESTEROL OXIDASE; CP 113818; DNA FRAGMENT; PHOSPHOLIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FOAM CELL; HYDROLYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANDROSTENES; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ESTERS; CHOLESTEROL OXIDASE; CYTOPLASM; DNA; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FILIPIN; HYDROLYSIS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MICE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PYRIDINES; STEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE;

EID: 0032870291     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(99)00155-0     Document Type: Article

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