Cholesterol: From feeding to gene regulation

Genes and Nutrition

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 181-193

  Martini, C ^a   Pallottini, V ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; HMG CoA reductase; Insig; LDLr; SCAP; SREBPs

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; CHOLESTEROL; CHYLOMICRON; GENE PRODUCT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; INSULIN INDUCED PROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 1; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

CELL TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; DNA MODIFICATION; ENZYME DEGRADATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; INTESTINE CELL; LIPID ABSORPTION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 38149142757     PISSN: 15558932     EISSN: 18653499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12263-007-0049-y     Document Type: Review

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