Hepatic esterification rate of cholesterol and biliary lipids in human obesity.
Obesity is often associated with an increased hepatic secretion rate of cholesterol and saturated gallbladder bile. In order to evaluate the role of hepatic esterification of cholesterol in this phenomenon, we assayed the activity of acyl CoA:cholesterol acyl transferase (ACAT), which catalyzes the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
1994-03-01
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| Series: | Journal of Lipid Research |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002222752041199X |