Homeostasis of free cholesterol in the blood: A preliminary evaluation and modeling of its passive transport

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1033-1043

  Estronca, Luís M B B ^a,b   Filipe, Hugo A L ^a,c   Salvador, Armindo ^a,b   Moreno, Maria João ^a,c   Vaz, Winchil L C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cholesterol homeostasis; Dehydroergosterol; High density lipoprotein; Lipoproteins; Low density lipoprotein

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL DERIVATIVE; DEHYDROERGOSTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN 2; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN 3; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL ESTERIFICATION; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; HUMAN; HYDROPHOBICITY; INCUBATION TIME; LIPID BILAYER; LOW TEMPERATURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PASSIVE TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE; THERMODYNAMICS; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; HOMEOSTASIS; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CHOLESTEROL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS; MALE;

EID: 84901660412     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.M043067     Document Type: Article

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