CD36 and atherosclerosis: CD36 expression in tissues with very active fatty acid metabolism (skeletal muscle, heart, mammary epithelium, and adipose tissue) and its involvement in foam cell formation (macrophages) suggest that lipoprotein binding to CD36 may contribute to the regulation of lipid metabolism with carnitine palmitoyltransferase I and the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis [43,44,45].