Cellular cholesterol efflux mediated by HDL isolated from subjects with low HDL levels and coronary artery disease

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to verify whether HDL particles isolated from patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) and low HDL-C had diminished ability to promote cholesterol efflux from cultured cells compared with HDL isolated from subjects without CAD and with normal HDL-C. METHODS: S...

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Main Authors: Luciana Uint, Andrei Sposito, Laura Ines Ventura Brandizzi, Vanda Mitie Yoshida, Raul Cavalcante Maranhão, Protásio Lemos da Luz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 2003-07-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0066-782X2003000900003