Retinyl ester secretion by intestinal cells: a specific and regulated process dependent on assembly and secretion of chylomicrons

Retinyl esters (RE) have been used extensively as markers to study chylomicron (CM) catabolism because they are secreted in the postprandial state with CM and do not exchange with other lipoproteins in the plasma. To understand the mechanism of secretion of RE by the intestine under the fasting and...

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Main Authors: Neeru Nayak, Earl H. Harrison, M. Mahmood Hussain
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2001-02-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520316898