The implication of cigarette smoking and cessation on macrophage cholesterol efflux in coronary artery disease patients[S]

We investigated ATP-binding cassette transporters A1/G1 expression and function in mediating cholesterol efflux by examining the macrophages of cigarette-smoking patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) before and after smoking abstinence. Peripheral blood monocyte cells were collected from nonsm...

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Main Authors: Wei Song, Wei Wang, Li-Yang Dou, Yu Wang, Yan Xu, Lian-Feng Chen, Xiao-Wei Yan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-03-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520355966