Approach to Reduction of Blood Atherogenicity

Table 5

Total cholesterol content of cells cultured in the presence of lipoprotein-deficient sera (LDS) and LDL isolated from atherogenic or nonatherogenic sera.

Nonatherogenic serum		Atherogenic serum		Intracellular total cholesterol, (𝜇g/10^5 cells)	𝑃
LDS	LDL	LDS	LDL
+	−	−	−	13.1 ± 0.8
+	+	−	−	14.3 ± 1.5
−	−	+	−	14.5 ± 0.2
−	−	−	+	40.3 ± 2.4	<0.05
+	−	−	+	35.2 ± 1.3	<0.05
−	+	+	−	28.3 ± 0.2	<0.05
Control				14.8 ± 0.7