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Lipid Metabolism in Macrophages: Focus on Atherosclerosis.

ABSTRACT: Mechanisms of lipid homeostasis and its impairment are of crucial importance for atherogenesis, and their understanding is necessary for successful development of new therapeutic approaches. In the arterial wall, macrophages play a prominent role in intracellular lipid accumulation, giving rise to foam cells that populate growing atherosclerotic plaques. Under normal conditions, macrophages are able to process substantial amounts of lipids and cholesterol without critical overload of the catabolic processes. However, in atherosclerosis, these pathways become inefficient, leading to imbalance in cholesterol and lipid metabolism and disruption of cellular functions. In this review, we summarize the existing knowledge on the involvement of macrophage lipid metabolism in atherosclerosis development, including both the results of recent studies and classical concepts, and provide a detailed description of these processes from the moment of lipid uptake with lipoproteins to cholesterol efflux.

SUBMITTER: Sukhorukov VN

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7459513 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Lipid Metabolism in Macrophages: Focus on Atherosclerosis.

Sukhorukov Vasily N VN Khotina Victoria A VA Chegodaev Yegor S YS Ivanova Ekaterina E Sobenin Igor A IA Orekhov Alexander N AN

Biomedicines 20200801 8

Mechanisms of lipid homeostasis and its impairment are of crucial importance for atherogenesis, and their understanding is necessary for successful development of new therapeutic approaches. In the arterial wall, macrophages play a prominent role in intracellular lipid accumulation, giving rise to foam cells that populate growing atherosclerotic plaques. Under normal conditions, macrophages are able to process substantial amounts of lipids and cholesterol without critical overload of the catabol ...[more]

PMID: 32752275

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Lipid Metabolism in Macrophages: Focus on Atherosclerosis.

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Lipid Metabolism in Macrophages: Focus on Atherosclerosis.

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