Overexpression of human lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase in cholesterol-fed rabbits: LDL metabolism and HDL metabolism are affected in a gene dose-dependent manner

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2537-2547

  Brousseau, Margaret E ^a   Santamarina Fojo, Silvia ^a   Vaisman, Boris L ^a   Applebaum Bowden, Deborah ^a   Bérard, Annie M ^a   Talley, Glenda D ^a   Brewer Jr , H Bryan ^a   Hoeg, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein A I; Cholesterol; Lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase; Low density lipoproteins; Metabolism

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE STEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; APOLIPOPROTEIN A-I; APOLIPOPROTEINS B; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ESTERS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; GENE DOSAGE; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; KINETICS; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; LIVER; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE-STEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; RABBITS;

EID: 0031443590     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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