Cholesterol and cell membrane function: a hypothesis concerning etiology of atherosclerosis.

Adenosine Triphosphatases/analysis,antagonists & inhibitors Adenylyl Cyclase Inhibitors Animals Aorta/metabolism Arteriosclerosis/etiology Biological Transport, Active/drug effects Cell Membrane/enzymology,metabolism Cell Membrane Permeability Cholesterol/metabolism,physiology Cholesterol, Dietary Cyclic AMP/physiology Electric Conductivity Enzymes Fatty Acids, Unsaturated/metabolism In Vitro Techniques Lipoproteins/metabolism Membranes, Artificial Models, Biological Phospholipids Potassium/physiology Viscosity

Adenylyl Cyclase Inhibitors Cholesterol, Dietary Enzymes Fatty Acids, Unsaturated Lipoproteins Membranes, Artificial Phospholipids Cholesterol Cyclic AMP Adenosine Triphosphatases Potassium