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SUBMITTER: Anderson JL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5288657 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Anderson Josephine L C JL Gautier Thomas T Nijstad Niels N Tölle Markus M Schuchardt Mirjam M van der Giet Markus M Tietge Uwe J F UJ
Scientific reports 20170202
Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD) represents the largest cause of mortality in end-stage renal disease (ESRD). CVD in ESRD is not explained by classical CVD risk factors such as HDL cholesterol mass levels making functional alterations of lipoproteins conceivable. HDL functions in atheroprotection by promoting reverse cholesterol transport (RCT), comprising cholesterol efflux from macrophage foam cells, uptake into hepatocytes and final excretion into the feces. ESRD-HDL (n = 15) were ...[more]