肝脏特异性的Lxr抑制抑制胆固醇养小鼠的逆胆固醇运输

Takafumi Nishida1, Makoto Ayaori2, Junko Arakawa1

  • 1Division of Anti-aging and Vascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Japan.

Atherosclerosis
|May 26, 2024
PubMed
概括

肝硫转移酶家族细胞质2B成员1 (Sult2b1) 的过度表达通过减少肝X受体 (Lxr) 向基因表达来抑制高密度脂蛋白 (HDL) 水平和逆胆固醇输送 (RCT). 这些效应是依赖Lxr的.

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