Phenotypic characterization of Lith genes that determine susceptibility to cholesterol cholelithiasis in inbred mice: Integrated activities of hepatic lipid regulatory enzymes

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2080-2090

  Lammert, Frank ^a,c   Wang, David Q H ^a   Paigen, Beverly ^b   Carey, Martin C ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acyl CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase; Choleslerol 7 hydroxylase; Gallstones; Genetics; HMG CoA reductase; Microscopy; Recombinant inbred mice; Sterol 27 hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

BILE SALT; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL 7ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLIC ACID; FAT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; LIPID; LIVER ENZYME; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADIPOCYTE MEMBRANE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILE SECRETION; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHOLESTEROL ESTERIFICATION; CHOLESTEROL STONE; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; INBRED STRAIN; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; LIPID LIVER LEVEL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STONE FORMATION;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BILE; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHOLESTEROL 7-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP27A1; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DIET; GALLBLADDER; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COA REDUCTASES; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED AKR; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PHENOTYPE; STEROID HYDROXYLASES; STEROL O-ACYLTRANSFERASE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032692921     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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