Long-term intake of soy protein improves blood lipid profiles and increases mononuclear cell low-density-lipoprotein receptor messenger RNA in hypercholesterolemic, postmenopausal women

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 545-551

  Baum, Jo Ann ^b   Teng, Hongyu ^b   Erdman Jr , John W ^b   Weigel, Ronald M ^b   Klein, Barbara P ^b   Persky, Victoria W ^b   Freels, Sally ^b   Surya, Paul ^b   Bakhit, Raga M ^b   Ramos, Elizabeth ^b   Shay, Neil F ^b   Potter, Susan M ^a  

^a Protein Technologies International   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein B; Cholesterol; Diet; HDL cholesterol; Heart disease; Isoflavones; LDL cholesterol; LDL receptor; Postmenopausal women; Soy protein

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CASEIN; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; ISOFLAVONE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; SOYBEAN PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CODING; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROPHYLAXIS; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; RNA ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031685359     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/68.3.545     Document Type: Article

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