Does hDL2 of heavy alcohol drinkers enhance cholesterol efflux from raw macrophages via phospholipid-rich HDL 2b particles?
The increased cholesterol efflux potential of HDL(2) is most likely an anti-atherogenic feature linked to heavy alcohol consumption. The cholesterol efflux and HDL phospholipids also associated strongly within the whole study group (r(s) = 0.910, p <or= 0.01) suggesting a common pathway of enhanced cholesterol efflux via enlarged phospholipid-rich HDL particles.
The linked MDR1 polymorphisms in exon 21 G2677T/A and exon 26 C3435T apparently did not contribute to the absorptive pharmacokinetics of a single oral dose of 100 mg talinolol.