METHODS FOR MEASURING RATES OF REVERSE CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT IN VIVO, AS AN INDEX OF ANTI-ATHEROGENESIS

摘要

The present invention relates to biochemical methods for determining reversecholesterol transport. Specifically, the rates of the two arms of reversecholesterol transport (HDL or first arm and post-HDL or second arm) areobtained by measuring the flow of unlabeled cholesterol from tissues intoplasma HDL and from plasma HDL to bile acids.