Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Cholesterol is a major component of the cell membrane. It plays an important role in its physiology affecting vital properties, such as membrane fluidity, cation transport, cell receptors, osmotic resistance etc. Abnormal conditions that change serum cholesterol concentration (SC) can also alter erythrocyte membrane cholesterol concentration (EMCC) possibly resulting in differentiation of several membrane functions.Aim: To investigate whether...