'Good cholesterol' may protect liver (IMAGE)

Washington University School of Medicine

'Good cholesterol' may protect liver

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A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis shows that a type of "good cholesterol" called HDL3, when produced in the intestine, protects the liver from inflammation and injury. First author Yong-Hyun Han, PhD, (left) and co-author and Washington University surgical resident Emily Onufer, MD, work in the surgical suite where the mouse surgeries were conducted as part of this study. Han did this work while a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of senior author Gwendalyn Randolph, PhD.

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Brad W. Warner

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