CHAPTER 5 INCREASED CHOLESTEROL EFFLUX FROM CULTURED FIBROBLASTS TO PLASMA FROM HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIC TYPE 2 DIABETIC PATIENTS: ROLES OF PRE β-HDL, PHOSPHOLIPID TRANSFER PROTEIN AND CHOLESTEROL ESTERIFICATION R. de Vries 1 , A.K. Groen 2 , F.G. Perton 1 , G.M. Dallinga-hie 3 , M.J.A. van Wijland 2 , L.D. Dikkeschei 5 , B.H.R. Wolffenbuttel 1 , A. van Tol 1,4 , R.P.F. Dullaart 1,* 1 Department of Endocrinology, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, he Netherlands 2 Department of Experimental Hepatology, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, he Netherlands 3 Laboratory of Vascular Medicine, 4 Department of Cell Biology & Genetics, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, he Netherlands 5 Department of Clinical Chemistry, Isala Clinics, location Weezenlanden, Zwolle, he Netherlands Atherosclerosis 2008;196:733-41