Journal article
Reverse Cholesterol Transport—A Review of the Process and Its Clinical Implications
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: This review article will summarize the current knowledge surrounding the reverse cholesterol transport system; the process, the effect of mutations in genes coding for proteins which function in the system, and the possible clinical implications of these alterations.
RESULTS: High-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C) concentration is a marker for the reverse cholesterol transport (RCT) system, whereby cholesterol is returned from …
Authors
Hill SA; McQueen MJ
Journal
Clinical Biochemistry, Vol. 30, No. 7, pp. 517–525
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
October 1997
DOI
10.1016/s0009-9120(97)00098-2
ISSN
0009-9120