Effects of atorvastatin on lipid metabolism in normolipidemic and hereditary hyperlipidemic, non-laying hens

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 319-329

  Elkin, Robert G ^a,c   Zhong, Yuan ^a   Donkin, Shawn S ^a   Hengstschläger Ottnad, Elke ^b   Schneider, Wolfgang J ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3 Hydroxy 3 methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase; Atorvastatin; Chicken; Gallus gallus; Gene expression; Lipid metabolism; Restricted ovulator

Indexed keywords

ATORVASTATIN; CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; MESSENGER RNA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIRD; CHICKEN; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIPID METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OVULATION INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 33344467982     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2005.12.002     Document Type: Article

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