EP 80317, a CD36 selective ligand, promotes reverse cholesterol transport in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice.

Bujold K, Mellal K, Zoccal KF, Rhainds D, Brissette L, Febbraio M, Marleau S, Ong H. AIMS : The CD36 selective ligand, EP 80317, features potent anti-atherosclerotic and hypocholesterolemic effects that are associated with an increase in macrophage cholesterol efflux through the activation of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ-liver X receptor α (LXRα)-ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter pathway. Cholesterol efflux is the first step of reverse cholesterol transport (RCT). (...)