Dietary cholesterol: From physiology to cardiovascular risk

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 6-14

  Lecerf, Jean Michel ^a   De Lorgeril, Michel ^b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk; Dietary cholesterol; Phytosterols

Indexed keywords

ABC BINDING CASSETTE HEMITRANSPORTER G5; ABC BINDING CASSETTE HEMITRANSPORTER G8; ABC TRANSPORTER; ATORVASTATIN; BILE ACID; CAMPESTEROL; CHOLESTANOL; CHOLESTEROL ESTER TRANSFER PROTEIN; CHYLOMICRON; COLESTYRAMINE; EZETIMIBE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR RELATED PROTEIN; PHYTOSTEROL; SATURATED FATTY ACID; SCAVENGER RECEPTOR BI; SIMVASTATIN; SITOSTEROL; STEROID HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITAMIN D;

ABCG5 GENE; ABCG8 GENE; BILIARY EXCRETION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CELL MEMBRANE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79960147011     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114511000237     Document Type: Review

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