User:Glynwiki/Cholesterol Depletion
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Cholesterol depletion is when cholesterol levels in the body have been artificially lowered too far. Natural low cholesterol levels and associated clinical symptoms are defined as the hypocholesterolemia. Medically induced hypocholesterolemia is increasingly associated in the elderly with long-term statin use. The inhibition of de novo cholesterol is associated with functional failure of cholesterol-rich lipid rafts in processes such as exocytosis and endocytosis.