Sex-related differences in the regulation of macrophage cholesterol metabolism

Current Opinion in Lipidology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 505-510

  Ng, M K C ^a   Jessup, W ^a   Celermajer, D S ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; ESTROGEN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE;

ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CORONARY RISK; FOAM CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ESTERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOAM CELLS; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGESTERONE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034775131     PISSN: 09579672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041433-200110000-00005     Document Type: Review

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