Regulation of cholesterol homeostasis in macrophages and consequences for atherosclerotic lesion development
- 23 August 2006
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 580 (23), 5588-5596
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.febslet.2006.08.022
Abstract
Foam cell formation due to excessive accumulation of cholesterol by macrophages is a pathological hallmark of atherosclerosis. Macrophages cannot limit the uptake of cholesterol and therefore depend on cholesterol efflux pathways for preventing their transformation into foam cells. Several ABC‐transporters, including ABCA1 and ABCG1, facilitate the efflux of cholesterol from macrophages. These transporters, however, also affect membrane lipid asymmetry which may have important implications for cellular endocytotic pathways. We propose that in addition to the generally accepted role of these ABC‐transporters in the prevention of foam cell formation by induction of cholesterol efflux from macrophages, they also influence the macrophage endocytotic uptake.This publication has 121 references indexed in Scilit:
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