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ArticleJournal of lipid research2015

LDL and HDL transfer rates across peripheral microvascular endothelium agree with those predicted for passive ultrafiltration in humans.

C Charles Michel, M Nazeem Nanjee, Waldemar L Olszewski, Norman E Miller

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Article in Journal of lipid research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

C Charles MichelDepartment of Bioengineering, Imperial College, London, UK.
M Nazeem NanjeeCardiovascular Genetics Unit, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT.
Waldemar L OlszewskiDepartment of Surgical Research and Transplantology, Medical Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
Norman E MillerMagdalen College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Imperial College London · GBPolish Academy of Sciences · PLScience Oxford · GBUniversity of Utah · US

Funding

British Heart Foundation
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The mechanisms by which LDLs and HDLs cross the vascular endothelium from plasma into interstitial fluid are not understood, and have never been studied in humans in vivo. We determined whether the plasma-to-lymph clearance rates of LDL and HDL conform with those predicted by passive ultrafiltration through intercellular pores, or if it is necessary to invoke an active process such as receptor-mediated transcytosis. Plasma and afferent peripheral lymph were collected under steady-state conditions from 30 healthy men, and assayed for seven globular proteins of molecular radii 2.89-8.95 nm, complement C3, and apo AI, apo AII, and apo B. Plasma-to-lymph clearance rates of the seven proteins fitted the relation expected for molecules of their size when transported through two populations of pores of radius 4.95 and 20.1 nm. The same model parameters were then found to accurately predict the clearance rates of both HDL and LDL. The apparent clearance of complement C3, previously shown to be secreted by cultured endothelium, exceeded that predicted by the model. We conclude that the transport of HDL and LDL from plasma into interstitial fluid across the peripheral vascular endothelium in healthy humans can be explained by ultrafiltration without invoking an additional active process such as transcytosis.

Indexed as

AdultAgedApolipoproteinsBiological TransportDiffusionEndothelium, VascularHumansLipoproteins, HDLLipoproteins, LDLLymphMaleMicrovesselsMiddle AgedUltrafiltrationYoung AdultApolipoproteinsLipoproteins, HDLLipoproteins, LDLhigh density lipoproteinlow density lipoproteintranscytosis

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PMID25398615
PMCPMC4274060
OpenAlexW2146630844

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