Vitamin E and other Lipophilic Antioxida
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Esterbauer, H. ;Rotheneder, M. ;Striegl, G. ;Waeg, G. ;Ashy, A. ;Sattler, W. ;JΓΌ
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Article
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1989
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John Wiley and Sons
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Oxidized LDL is taken up by the macrophage scavenger receptor and leads to lipid laden foam cells, which are characteristic constituents of early atherosclerotic lesions. Oxidation of LDL is a lipid peroxidation process, in which the PUFAs contained in the LDL lipids (on average 1200 molecules PUFAs