Genetic defenses against noncholesterol sterols

Current Opinion in Lipidology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 341-345

  Klett, Eric L ^a   Patel, Shailesh ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

ABCG5; ABCG8; Intestine; Plant sterols; Sitosterol

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; EZETIMIBE; HOMOCYSTEINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; OXYSTEROL; PHYTOSTEROL; SITOSTEROL; STEROL; STEROLIN 1; STEROLIN 2; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABCG5 GENE; ABCG8 GENE; ANIMAL MODEL; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BILE ACID SYNTHESIS; BILIARY EXCRETION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CHROMOSOME 2P; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INTESTINE CELL; LIVER CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SITOSTEROLEMIA;

ANIMALS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CLINICAL TRIALS; HUMANS; PHYTOSTEROLS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0043127071     PISSN: 09579672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041433-200308000-00001     Document Type: Review

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