Differential effects on inhibition of cholesterol absorption by plant stanol and plant sterol esters in apoE-/- mice

Cardiovascular Research

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 484-492

  Weingärtner, Oliver ^a   Ulrich, Christof ^b   Lütjohann, Dieter ^c   Ismail, Kenan ^a   Schirmer, Stephan H ^a   Vanmierlo, Tim ^c   Böhm, Michael ^a   Laufs, Ulrich ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITÄT HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Cholesterol absorption inhibition; Monocytes; Plant stanol; Plant sterol

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CAMPESTANOL; CAMPESTEROL; CARBACHOL; CHOLESTEROL; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 6; LATHOSTEROL; LIPID HYDROPEROXIDE; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; PHYTOSTEROL; SITOSTEROL; STANOL ESTER; SUPEROXIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; MONOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR RING; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; AORTA; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; CYTOKINES; DIET, ATHEROGENIC; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; LIPID PEROXIDES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MONOCYTES; NADP; PHYTOSTEROLS; SUPEROXIDES;

EID: 79957439174     PISSN: 00086363     EISSN: 17553245     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvr020     Document Type: Article

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