Interleukin-4 deficiency promotes gallstone formation

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 768-771

  King, Victoria L ^a   Szilvassy, Stephen J ^a   Daugherty, Alan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone marrow transplant; Cholesterol; LDL receptor

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; CHOLESTEROL; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GALLSTONE FORMATION; LIPID DIET; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BILE; BILIRUBIN; BLOOD PROTEINS; CHOLELITHIASIS; CHOLESTEROL; INTERLEUKIN-4; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, LDL; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 0036245182     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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