Decreased expression of a member of the Rho GTPase family, Cdc42Hs, in cells from Tangier disease – the small G protein may play a role in cholesterol efflux
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- 8 November 2000
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 484 (3) , 275-279
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0014-5793(00)02171-2
Abstract
Cholesterol efflux (CE) is the initial and important step of reverse cholesterol transport (RCT), a major protective system against atherosclerosis. However, most of the molecular mechanism for CE st...Keywords
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