Sentences with phrase «reverse cholesterol transport»

We are also studying how apoAI can become dysfunctional so that it can no longer participate in reverse cholesterol transport.

The mechanism by which macrophages get rid of excess cholesterol is via a protective process known as reverse cholesterol transport.

[16] Think about this — all of this extra 100g of cholesterol, 3x the usual whole body content, was eventually removed by reverse cholesterol transport.

Insulin is what makes your cells hoard cholesterol, and it's also one of the things that can mess with reverse cholesterol transport.

Various nutritional factors found in whole food diets have been found to assist in reverse cholesterol transport (including phospholipids, CLA, and polyphenols).

We conclude that apolipoprotein E does not function to remove cholesterol from macrophages but rather to participate in «reverse cholesterol transport.»

Reverse cholesterol transport, the process by which HDL removes cholesterol from plaque in the arteries and transports it to the liver where it is used to produce hormonal compounds or eliminated from the body.

Research Interests: lipid metabolism; lipoprotein metabolism; atherosclerosis; obesity; diabetes; reverse cholesterol transport; triacylglycerol; nutrition

Research Interests: Atherosclerosis; HDL metabolism; Atrial fibrillation; Genetics; Genomics; eQTL; Gene expression; Reverse cholesterol transport; Dysfunctional HDL; RNAseq; Allelic expression imbalance; ABCA1; Mouse models; Zinc finger nuclease

Research Interests: cholesteryl ester transfer protein; lipid transfer inhibitor protein; apolipoprotein F; reverse cholesterol transport; LDL; HDL; lipid transport; triglyceride; lipid droplets; fat storage

An effect of walnuts on ex vivo cholesterol efflux was observed with whole serum but not apoB - depleted serum; in addition to HDL, LDL can serve as an acceptor of free cholesterol in the reverse cholesterol transport pathway (39), indicating that walnuts may have a greater effect on global cholesterol efflux than HDL - specific efflux.