Alginic acid cell entrapment: a novel method for measuring in vivo macrophage cholesterol homeostasis
Macrophage conversion to atherosclerotic foam cells is partly due to the balance of uptake and efflux of cholesterol. Cholesterol efflux from cells by HDL and its apoproteins for subsequent hepatic elimination is known as reverse cholesterol transport. Numerous methods have been developed to measure...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2015-02-01
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| Series: | Journal of Lipid Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520356315 |