Long-term consumption of plant stanol and sterol esters, vascular function and genetic regulation

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 101, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1688-1695

  Gylling, Helena ^a,b   Hallikainen, Maarit ^a   Raitakari, Olli T ^c   Laakso, Markku ^b   Vartiainen, Erkki ^d   Salo, Pia ^e   Korpelainen, Vesa ^f   Sundvall, Jouko ^d   Miettinen, Tatu A ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^f North Karelia Centre for Public Health   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cholesterol absorption; Intima media thickness; Phytosterol esters; Vascular function

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ABC TRANSPORTER G5; ABC TRANSPORTER G8; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CAMPESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL; LATHOSTEROL; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PHYTOSTEROL; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; SITOSTEROL; STANOL ESTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL FUNCTION; BODY WEIGHT; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID ABSORPTION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; PHARMACOLOGICAL BLOCKING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULARIZATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERIES; CHOLESTEROL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPOPROTEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOSTEROLS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SITOSTEROLS; TUNICA INTIMA; TUNICA MEDIA; VASODILATION;

EID: 67649452094     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114508116300     Document Type: Article

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