Browsing Master's Theses by Subject "Cholesterol"
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A NOVEL ROLE FOR HDL AND D-HDL IN PULMONARY IMMUNITY
(East Carolina University, 2018-07-17)Cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases are leading causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Studies report an inverse correlation between levels of serum high-density lipoprotein (HDL) and the severity of cardiovascular ... -
Elucidating "Consumption" : Using Fluorescent Steroid Probes to Understand Host Cholesterol Utilization by Mycobacterium spp.
(East Carolina University, 2014)Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB) disease, is the leading cause of death due to bacterial infection worldwide, claiming nearly two million lives each year. Often, the immune system ...