HDL-apolipoprotein A-I exchange is independently associated with cholesterol efflux capacity

HDL is the primary mediator of cholesterol mobilization from the periphery to the liver via reverse cholesterol transport (RCT). A critical first step in this process is the uptake of cholesterol from lipid-loaded macrophages by HDL, a function of HDL inversely associated with prevalent and incident...

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Main Authors: Mark S. Borja, Kit F. Ng, Angela Irwin, Jaekyoung Hong, Xing Wu, Daniel Isquith, Xue-Qiao Zhao, Bryan Prazen, Virginia Gildengorin, Michael N. Oda, Tomáš Vaisar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-10-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520309755