The Claim
Removing excess cholesterol from plasma membranes of gallbladder muscle in patients with cholesterol stones restores contractile function, indicating that membrane cholesterol levels are a reversible modulator of gallbladder motility.
What the research says
Supports is higher
Support is ahead, but a single strong opposing study can change this.
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When doctors remove extra cholesterol from the muscle cells in the gallbladder of people with gallstones, the gallbladder starts contracting better again—this means the amount of cholesterol in those cells can be turned up or down to fix how well the gallbladder works.
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Removing excess cholesterol from plasma membranes of gallbladder muscle in patients with cholesterol stones restores contractile function, suggesting that membrane cholesterol levels are a reversible modulator of gallbladder motility.
What the research says
1 studyStudy: Excess membrane cholesterol alters human gallbladder muscle contractility and membrane fluidity.
When there's too much cholesterol in the gallbladder muscle cells, they can't squeeze properly to empty bile. The study showed that taking out that extra cholesterol fixes the problem and lets the muscle work again.
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