Importance of a Novel Oxidative Mechanism for Elimination of Intracellular Cholesterol in Humans

1 February 1996

journal article
research article
Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Vol. 16 (2) , 208-212
https://doi.org/10.1161/01.atv.16.2.208

Abstract

We have recently demonstrated that cultured human alveolar macrophages efficiently convert cholesterol into excretable 27-oxygenated products. We show here that increasing the intracellula...

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