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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Main Authors: NR Pattinson, KE Willis, CM Frampton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1991-02-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520420814