Ultrastructural changes in the lipid inclusions of arterial smooth muscle cells after reduction of high serum cholesterol levels.
Intimal smooth muscle cells overloaded with lipid droplets can, when the serum cholesterol is reduced to a sufficiently low level over a sufficiently long period, reduce the size of droplets and at least some can completely clear inclusions.
D000818:Animals; D001158:Arteries / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood*; D000882:Haplorhini; D002479:Inclusion Bodies / Q000648:ultrastructure; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008253:Macaca mulatta; D008297:Male; D009130:Muscle, Smooth / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure*
D002784:Cholesterol