New insights into the genetic regulation of intestinal cholesterol absorption

Gastroenterology

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 718-734

  Lammert, Frank ^a   Wang, David Q H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ABC TRANSPORTER A1; ACID; AMINOTRANSFERASE; ATORVASTATIN; ATP BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTER G5; ATP BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTER G8; BETA MURICHOLIC ACID; BILE ACID; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; CHOLESTEROL ESTER TRANSFER PROTEIN INHIBITOR; CHOLIC ACID; COLESTIPOL; COLESTYRAMINE; EZETIMIBE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCURONIDE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NIEMANN PICK C1 LIKE 1 PROTEIN; PHYTOSTEROL; PROTEIN; RESIN; SCAVENGER RECEPTOR BI; SCH 60663; SIMVASTATIN; STIGMASTEROL; TETRAHYDROLIPSTATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URSODEOXYCHOLIC ACID;

ABNORMALLY HIGH SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CELL SURFACE; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CHOLESTEROL STONE; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXCRETION; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INTESTINE BRUSH BORDER; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE TRANSIT TIME; LIPID ABSORPTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMALL INTESTINE; SMALL INTESTINE ABSORPTION;

EID: 23244465200     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gastro.2004.11.017     Document Type: Review

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