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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Eric Billings
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-5496 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Joyce Charles W CW Wagner Elke M EM Basso Federica F Amar Marcelo J MJ Freeman Lita A LA Shamburek Robert D RD Knapper Catherine L CL Syed Jafri J Wu Justina J Vaisman Boris L BL Fruchart-Najib Jamila J Billings Eric M EM Paigen Beverly B Remaley Alan T AT Santamarina-Fojo Silvia S Brewer H Bryan HB
The Journal of biological chemistry 20060823 44
The identification of ABCA1 as a key transporter responsible for cellular lipid efflux has led to considerable interest in defining its role in cholesterol metabolism and atherosclerosis. In this study, the effect of overexpressing ABCA1 in the liver of LDLr-KO mice was investigated. Compared with LDLr-KO mice, ABCA1-Tg x LDLr-KO (ABCA1-Tg) mice had significantly increased plasma cholesterol levels, mostly because of a 2.8-fold increase in cholesterol associated with a large pool of apoB-lipopro ...[more]