Loss of cholesterol from muscle and skin of monkeys treated with nicotinic acid

Toxicologic Effects of a Novel Acyl-CoA: Cholesterol Acyltransferase Inhibitor in Cynomolgus Monkeys

“…Adrenal cortical and corpus luteal cells store large amounts of cholesteryl esters, which comprise the large cytoplasmic lipid vacuoles characteristic of these cells (4,37,41). In skin, cholesteryl esters comprise nearly one-half of the total tissue cholesterol (18,21). In (25), and nafenopin (20 …”