BMI-DEPENDENT EFFECTS OF ADIPOSE TISSUE EXOSOMES ON HUMAN MACROPHAGE CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT GENE EXPRESSION

Obesity, a major risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, has quadrupled in adolescents in the last 30 years. How adipose tissue influences the pathological process of atherosclerosis is not well understood. This study compares cholesterol efflux gene expression in human macrophages exposed