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Most Cited Journal Articles 1999-Medical Sciences

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CAS subject entries for this document include: Atherosclerosis; Lipoproteins .

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TITLE:	Beyond Cholesterol. Modifications of low-density lipoprotein that increase its atherogenicity
AUTHOR(S):	Steinberg, Daniel; Parthasarathy, Sampath; Carew, Thomas E.; Khoo, John C.; Witztum, Joseph L.
CORPORATE SOURCE:	Dep. Med., Univ. California, La Jolla, CA, USA
SOURCE:	New England Journal of Medicine (1989), 320(14), 915-24 CODEN: NEJMAG; ISSN: 0028-4793
PUBLISHER:	Massachusetts Medical Society
LANGUAGE:	English

ABSTRACT:
A review with 29 refs. examg. low-d. lipoproteins (LDL) and atherogenesis, pathways of LDL metab., the acetyl LDL receptor, cell-induced oxidn. of LDL, the role of oxidized LDL in the recruitment and retention of macrophages, the cytotoxicity of oxidized LDL, and its role in atherogenesis.