Diosgenin stimulation of fecal cholesterol excretion in mice is not NPC1L1 dependent

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 915-923

  Temel, Ryan E ^a   Brown, J Mark ^a   Ma, Yinyan ^a   Tang, Weiqing ^a   Rudel, Lawrence L ^a   Ioannou, Yiannis A ^b   Davies, Joanna P ^b   Yu, Liqing ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bile; Feces; Intestine

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ABC TRANSPORTER G5; ABC TRANSPORTER G8; CHOLESTEROL; DIOSGENIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NEIMANN PICK C1 LIKE 1 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ABC TRANSPORTER A1; ABCG5 PROTEIN, MOUSE; ABCG8 PROTEIN, MOUSE; ACAT1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; ACETYL COENZYME A ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CARRIER PROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN; NPC1L1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BILE SECRETION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; FECES; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTESTINE; LIVER; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; RAT;

ACETYL-COA C-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ANIMALS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; CELL LINE; CHOLESTEROL; DIET; DIOSGENIN; FECES; HUMANS; INTESTINES; LIPOPROTEINS; LIVER; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RATS;

EID: 67649682513     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.M800631-JLR200     Document Type: Article

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