Regulation of classic and alternative bile acid synthesis in hypercholesterolemic rabbits: Effects of cholesterol feeding and bile acid depletion

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1608-1615

  Xu, Guorong ^a,b   Salen, Gerald ^a,b   Shefer, Sarah ^b   Tint, G Stephen ^a,b   Nguyen, Lien B ^b   Parker, Thomas T ^c   Chen, Thomas S ^a   Roberts, Jeremy ^c   Kong, Xianglin ^b   Greenblatt, David ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c ROGOSIN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bile fistula; Cholesterol 7 hydroxylase; Cholic acid; HMG CoA reductase; LDL receptor

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL 7ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BILE ACID SYNTHESIS; BILE SECRETION; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; BILE; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL 7-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; CHOLIC ACID; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP27A1; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DRAINAGE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COA REDUCTASES; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; LIVER; MICROSOMES, LIVER; MITOCHONDRIA, LIVER; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, LDL; STEROID HYDROXYLASES;

EID: 15444346370     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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