The importance of cholesterol ester synthesis by acyl CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT) enzymes in intestinal and hepatic cholesterol metabolism has been unclear. We now demonstrate that ...

TG and cholesterol ester are generated by the liver and packaged ... hydrolyzed in the liver by hepatic-triglyceride lipase to form LDL, a smaller, denser particle than IDL. LDL is the main ...

Stanol esters, which are in certain margarines ... But the evidence does not support its use in lowering cholesterol." Red yeast rice contains a natural form of the statin drug Mevacor.

The core of the lipoprotein, containing cholesterol ester and TG, is nonpolar and hydrophobic, and the outer layer of the lipoprotein particle (containing free cholesterol, phospholipid ...