as crucial for the next steps in cholesterol transport. These proteins shuttle cholesterol from the cell membrane to the ER, enabling its conversion into cholesterol ester for further distribution.

Cholesterol molecules ... Thanks to membrane barriers and transport proteins, the cell can accumulate nutrients in higher concentrations than exist in the environment and, conversely, dispose ...

Following digestion and absorption of dietary fat, TG and cholesterol are packaged to form chylomicrons in the epithelial cells of the intestines. Chylomicrons circulate through the intestinal ...

Researchers explore how natural compounds in traditional Chinese medicine can modulate cholesterol metabolism to combat ...

Lipid bilayers in mammalian membranes can have a more asymmetric composition than previously thought, new research shows.

Their role is to transport cholesterol from the liver ... the cells by LDLs once there is an adequate amount of cholesterol inside the cell, synthesis of new LDL receptors are inhibited which ...

HHMI researchers suggest that defective cell transport may play a role in Alzheimer’s disease. Over the last few years, scientists have been successful in identifying genes implicated in Alzheimer’s ...