Comparative analysis of cholesterol transport in bile from patients with and without cholesterol gallstones.
Aggregation of cholesterol-phospholipid vesicles in supersaturated biles precedes cholesterol crystal formation. In this study we examined the relationship between the percentage of cholesterol carried by vesicles and/or their composition and the propensity to form cholesterol crystals (nucleation t...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
1991-02-01
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Series: | Journal of Lipid Research |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520420814 |