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Initial Stages of Reverse Transport of Cholesterol

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It can be estimated that in man a minimum of 1 g cholesterol day-1 must be removed from peripheral tissues and conveyed ultimately to the liver for processing and/or excretion. Only a small proportion of cells of extrahepatic tissues is in direct contact with blood plasma that is the main route of transport to the liver; most of those cells are separated from the bloodstream by several barriers that do not favour free flow of fluids and some of them also restrict diffusion.

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  1. Department of Medicine and Centre for Clinical Research, St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, Great Britain

    D. Reichl

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  1. School of Pharmacy, University of Milan, Via Balzaretti 9, 20133, Milan, Italy

    Rodolfo Paoletti (Dean) (Dean)

  2. The Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA

    David Kritchevsky (Associate Director) (Associate Director)

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    William L. Holmes

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Reichl, D. (1987). Initial Stages of Reverse Transport of Cholesterol. In: Paoletti, R., Kritchevsky, D., Holmes, W.L. (eds) Drugs Affecting Lipid Metabolism. Proceedings in Life Sciences. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71702-4_42

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