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Walnut oil increases cholesterol efflux through inhibition of stearoyl CoA desaturase 1 in THP-1 macrophage-derived foam cells

BACKGROUND: Walnuts significantly decrease total and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in normo- and hypercholesterolemic individuals. No study to date has evaluated the effects of walnuts on cholesterol efflux, the initial step in reverse cholesterol transport, in macrophage-derived foam cells (M...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Jun, Grieger , Jessica A, Kris-Etherton , Penny M, Thompson , Jerry T, Gillies , Peter J, Fleming , Jennifer A, Vanden Heuvel, John P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3180353/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21871057
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-7075-8-61