Effect of hypocholesterolemic doses of 17α-ethinyl estradiol on cholesterol balance in liver and extrahepatic tissues

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1812-1822

  Bertolotti, Marco ^a,b,c   Spady, David K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

4 aminopyrazolo(3,4 d)pyrimidine; cholesterol metabolism; cholesterol synthesis; low density lipoprotein transport

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRAZOLO[3,4 D]PYRIMIDINE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CLEARANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER METABOLISM; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADENINE; ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; CHOLESTEROL; ESTRADIOL CONGENERS; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; LIVER; OVARY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, LDL; SPLEEN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0029791656     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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