immune system
• normal numbers of peritoneal macrophage
• no CTP:phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase alpha produced
• CTP:phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase, beta isoform upregulated
• severely reduced conversion of free cholesterol to phosphatidylcholine
• increased free cholesterol load leads to macrophage cell death
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hematopoietic system
• normal numbers of peritoneal macrophage
• no CTP:phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase alpha produced
• CTP:phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase, beta isoform upregulated
• severely reduced conversion of free cholesterol to phosphatidylcholine
• increased free cholesterol load leads to macrophage cell death
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