Effect of ezetimibe on plasma cholesterol levels, cholesterol absorption, and secretion of biliary cholesterol in laboratory opossums with high and low responses to dietary cholesterol

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1645-1654

  Chan, Jeannie ^a   Kushwaha, Rampratap S ^b   VandeBerg, Jane F ^a   VandeBerg, John L ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ATP BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTER G5; ATP BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTER G8; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; EZETIMIBE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NIEMANN PICK C1 LIKE 1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILIARY EXCRETION; CHOLESTEROL BILE LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GALLBLADDER; GENE EXPRESSION; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; LIPID LIVER LEVEL; LIVER METABOLISM; LIVER WEIGHT; LOW FAT DIET; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPOSSUM; OPTIMAL DRUG DOSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; AZETIDINES; BILE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; DIET, ATHEROGENIC; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; GALLBLADDER; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; OPOSSUMS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 55649102523     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2008.07.019     Document Type: Article

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