Origin of cholesterol in the fetal golden Syrian hamster: Contribution of de novo sterol synthesis and maternal-derived lipoprotein cholesterol

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1246-1257

  Woollett, Laura A ^a  

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

Author keywords

cholesterol synthesis; fetal development; gestation; high density lipoprotein; low density lipoprotein; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HAMSTER; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROL SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CRICETINAE; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; KINETICS; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MESOCRICETUS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; STEROLS; TRITIUM; UTERUS; YOLK SAC;

EID: 0029938854     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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