Open AccessCharacterization of a Small Vesicular Cholesterol Carrier in Human Gallbladder Bile
Author(s) -
Steven A. Ahrendt,
Mary K. Fox-Talbot,
Howard S. Kaufman,
Keith D. Lillemoe,
Pamela A. Lipsett,
Henry A. Pitt
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199411000-00006
Subject(s) - medicine , gallbladder , cholesterol , gallbladder disease , gastroenterology
Cholesterol phospholipid vesicles play an important role in the nucleation of cholesterol in bile. Recent studies have identified an additional vesicle population in human bile. In this study, the role of these small vesicles as cholesterol carriers was examined.