Colesterolosis vesicular: algunos aspectos de su fisiopatología / Vesicular cholesterolosis: some aspects of its pathophysiology
Rev. Hosp. Clin. Univ. Chile
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28(1): 28-35, 2017. ilus
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en Español
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ABSTRACT
Gallbladder cholesterolosis is a nosological clinical entity where the central element is the deposit of lipids in immune cells that reside under the gallbladder epithelium. The mechanisms involved in its development are not entirely clear, but they seem to have some resemblances that are observed in the wall of the arteries with atherosclerosis. The lipid-laden cells observed in the gallbladder wall appear to share many of the characteristics of atherosclerosis foam cells, which by means of scavenger receptors have endocited oxidized low-density lipoproteins and accumulate them in their cytoplasm. Foam cells, in themselves, are not dangerous, but in atherosclerosis at least they can become a problem when they are located in vessels and specific anatomic sites. The role they may have in the gallbladder is not known to date. We will review some considerations that seem relevant to us to elucidate if these entities share the same protagonist macrophages transformed by modified lipids. (AU)
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Asunto principal:
Enfermedades de la Vesícula Biliar
Límite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Español
Revista:
Rev. Hosp. Clin. Univ. Chile
Asunto de la revista:
Medicina
Año:
2017
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
Chile
Institución/País de afiliación:
Hospital Clinico Universidad de Chile/CL
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Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile/CL
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