Atherosclerosis: Cell biology and lipoproteins

Current Opinion in Lipidology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 667-669

  Brown, A J ^a  

^a HEART RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD36 ANTIGEN; CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; SCAVENGER RECEPTOR;

ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; EDITORIAL; FOAM CELL; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL; FOAM CELLS; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; MICE;

EID: 0033669559     PISSN: 09579672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041433-200012000-00016     Document Type: Editorial

References (9)

1. Targeted disruption of the class B scavenger receptor CD36 protects against atherosclerotic lesion development in mice
2. A role for macrophage scavenger receptors in atherosclerosis and susceptibility to infection
3. Role of macrophage scavenger receptors in diet-induced atherosclerosis in mice
4. Macrophage scavenger receptor CD36 is the major receptor for LDL modified by monocyte-generated reactive nitrogen species
5. Fatty streak formation occurs in human fetal aortas and is greatly enhanced by maternal hypercholesterolemia. Intimal accumulation of low density lipoprotein and its oxidation precede monocyte recruitment into early atherosclerotic lesions
6. Low level expression of hormone-sensitive lipase in arterial macrophage-derived foam cells: Potential explanation for low rates of cholesteryl ester hydrolysis
7. Massive xanthomatosis and altered composition of atherosclerotic lesions in hyperlipidemic mice lacking acyl CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase 1
8. Free cholesterol loading of macrophages induces apoptosis involving the Fas pathway
9. Oxysterol efflux from macrophage foam cells: The essential role of acceptor phospholipid