ABC transporters and cholesterol metabolism

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Abstract

ATP-binding cassette (ABC) proteins form a group of highly conserved cellular transmembrane transporters. Studies over the past year have implicated ABC transporters in cellular lipid trafficking processes. This notion has recently been confirmed and extended by the finding that the ABC transporter ABCA1 is a key regulator of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) metabolism and macrophage targeting to the RES or the vascular wall. Expression of a large number of ABC transporters in monocytes/macrophages and their regulation by cholesterol flux render these transporter molecules potentially critical players in chronic inflammatory diseases such as atherosclerosis.

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