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Quercetin improves macrophage reverse cholesterol transport in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice fed a high-fat diet

BACKGROUND: Quercetin, one of the most widely distributed flavonoids in plants, has been demonstrated to reduce hyperlipidaemia and atherosclerotic lesion formation. Reverse cholesterol transport (RCT) plays a crucial role in exporting cholesterol from peripheral cells, which is one mechanism utiliz...

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Autores principales: Cui, Yingjie, Hou, Pengbo, Li, Fahui, Liu, Qinghua, Qin, Shucun, Zhou, Guanghai, Xu, Xuelian, Si, Yanhong, Guo, Shoudong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5237507/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28088205
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12944-016-0393-2