Regulation of hepatic cholesterol ester hydrolase and acyl-coenzyme A:cholesterol acyltransferase in the rat.
Cholesterol exists within the hepatocyte as free cholesterol and cholesteryl ester. The proportion of intrahepatic cholesterol in the free or ester forms is governed in part by the rate of cholesteryl ester formation by acyl-coenzyme A:cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT) and cholesteryl ester hydroly...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
1989-11-01
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| Series: | Journal of Lipid Research |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520382171 |