CELLULAR LIPID METABOLISM
CONTENTS 1 THE LIPID DROPLET: A DYNAMIC ORGANELLE, NOT ONLY INVOLVED IN THE STORAGE AND TURNOVER OF LIPIDS 2 OXYSTEROLS AND OXYSTEROL-BINDING PROTEINS IN CELLULAR LIPID METABOLISM 3 CELLULAR LIPID TRAFFI C AND LIPID TRANSPORTERS: REGULATION OF EFFL UX AND HDL FORMATION 4 BILE ACIDS AND THEIR ROLE IN CHOLESTEROL HOMEOSTASIS 5 CHOLESTEROL TRAFFI CKING IN THE BRAIN 6 INTRACELLULAR CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT 7 ROLE OF THE ENDOTHELIUM IN LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM 8 RECEPTOR-MEDIATED ENDOCYTOSIS AND INTRACELLULAR TRAFFI CKING OF LIPOPROTEINS 9 ANGIOPOIETIN-LIKE PROTEINS AND LIPID METABOLISM 10 THYROID HORMONES AND LIPID METABOLISM: THYROMIMETICS AS ANTI-ATHEROSCLEROTIC AGENTS? 11 ADIPOKINES: REGULATORS OF LIPID METABOLISM 12 CELLULAR CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT – MICRODOMAINS, MOLECULAR ACCEPTORS AND MECHANISMS 13 THE INS AND OUTS OF ADIPOSE TISSUE