“…This is a process in which excess cholesterol from peripheral tissue and macrophages/foam cells is taken up and processed in HDL particles and later delivered to the liver, before being excreted in the bile as free cholesterol or after transformation into bile acids. 1 This process, the principal way by which the body eliminates cholesterol, relies on specific interactions between HDL particles and peripheral cells (cholesterol efflux) on the one hand and hepatocytes (HDL cholesterol uptake) on the other Abbreviations: abca1, ATP-binding cassette, subfamily A, member 1; abcb4, ATP-binding cassette b4; abcb11/bsep, ATP-binding cassette b11/bile salt export pump; abcg1, ATP-binding cassette g1; abcg5/abcg8, ATP-binding cassette g5/g8; apoA-I, apolipoprotein A-I; ATP, adenosine triphosphate; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; hmgcr, 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase; mRNA, messenger RNA; ntcp, Na þ -taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide; oatp, organic anion transport polypeptide; P2Y 13 , purinergic receptor P2Y, G-protein-coupled 13; RCT, reverse cholesterol transport; SR-BI, scavenger receptor class B, type I.…”