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Meanings of cholesteryl ester in English
Portuguese
éster do colesteril An ester of cholesterol.
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However, implication of LXRs in the selective uptake of cholesteryl esters from lipoproteins in human macrophages has never been reported.
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A simple method has been developed for labelling human plasma lipoproteins to high specific radioactivity with radioactive cholesteryl esters in vitro.
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They serve to transport endogenously synthesized lipids, mainly triglycerides (but also some cholesterol and cholesteryl esters) to peripheral tissues.
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Lysosomal acid lipase (LAL) is a key enzyme that cleaves cholesteryl esters and triglycerides to generate free fatty acids and cholesterol in lysosomes.
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Inhibition of ACAT, the enzyme which catalyses the intracellular formation of cholesteryl esters, is a very attractive target for the treatment of hypercholesterolaemia and atherosclerosis.
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This occurs through the maintenance of caveolae cholesterol content by cholesterol ester uptake from HDL.
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Cholesteryl ester transfer protein is a plasma glycoprotein that transfers cholesterol ester between lipoprotein particles.
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Conclusions: The authors concluded that FEL irradiation can remove cholesterol ester selectively from human atheromatous CA plaques.
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In the absence of active LPL in the same tissue, inactive LPL only mediates selective cholesterol ester uptake.
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We observed abnormal hepatic accumulation of cholesterol in the homozygote individuals, supporting the diagnosis of cholesterol ester storage disease.
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The process begins with a vascular injury that is complicated by the deposition of cholesterol esters and cholesterol.
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Increases in absolute amounts of EPA and DHA in fasting serum triglycerides, cholesterol esters and phospholipids were examined.
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On the other hand, an EPA-rich diet produced a marked increase of this fatty acid, especially in cholesterol esters.
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In contrast, the incorporation of exogenous oleate into secreted triacylglycerols and cholesterol esters was unaffected by deficiency of ABHD5.
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The cholesterol ester transfer protein (CETP) facilitates the transfer of HDL cholesterol esters from plasma to the liver.
Usage of cholesteryl ester in English
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The mechanism of cholesteryl ester accumulation in smooth muscle cells was investigated.
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When membrane cholesterol levels are low, absorption of cholesterol effectively drives cholesteryl ester hydrolysis.
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This difference is consistent with reports of the nonendocytotic selective uptake of HDL-associated cholesteryl ester.
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Unexpectedly, cholesteryl ester transfer protein was not required to determine the human-like cholesterol lipoprotein profile.
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Our results demonstrate that lysosomal hydrolysis of cholesteryl ester is independent of the presence of extracellular acceptors.
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We show that net hydrolysis of cholesteryl ester is coupled to the transfer of cholesterol to membranes.
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These results show that aortic smooth muscle cells in cooperation with macrophages can accumulate cholesteryl ester from beta-VLDL.
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In endosomes and lysosomes cholesteryl ester is hydrolyzed by acidic cholesteryl ester hydrolase producing cholesterol and fatty acids.
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Here, we have studied endosomal and lysosomal cholesteryl ester metabolism in cultured mouse macrophages and with cell-free extracts.
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J774 and elicited mouse peritoneal macrophages were loaded with cholesteryl ester within lysosomes through phagocytosis of sonicated lipid droplets.
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Human plasma lipid transfer protein ( cholesteryl ester transfer protein) has been characterized for its solution and surface properties.
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The formation of cholesterol monohydrate crystals was observed in cholesteryl ester-loaded macrophages after a 48-h incubation by polarizing light microscopy.
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A reduction in cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) activity has been advanced to explain most lipid-modulating effects of NA.
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Additional Mendelian randomization analysis failed to clarify the involvement of cholesteryl ester transfer protein in alcohol-related changes in lipoprotein cholesterol levels.
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Electron microscopy and acid phosphatase cytochemistry of lysosomes in cholesteryl ester-loaded cells confirmed that cholesterol crystal formation occurred within lipid-loaded lysosomes.
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Thus, the present data do not rule out the involvement of direct HDL-cell interaction in the selective uptake of HDL cholesteryl ester.