Mucins and calcium phosphate precipitates additively stimulate cholesterol crystallization
Human biliary mucin and calcium binding protein (CBP) influence formation of both calcium salt precipitates and cholesterol crystals and colocalize in the center of cholesterol gallstones. We investigated how physiological concentrations of these proteins regulate cholesterol crystallization in mode...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
1998-09-01
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| Series: | Journal of Lipid Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520321611 |