HDL acceptor capacities for cholesterol efflux from macrophages and lipid transfer are both acutely reduced after myocardial infarction

Conclusions After an MI, a simultaneous decrease in lipid transfer to HDL and in the capacity of HDL to efflux cholesterol from cells occurs. Thus, HDL with inferior atheroprotective properties may be generated in the acute post-MI period.
Source: Clinica Chimica Acta - Category: Laboratory Medicine Source Type: research