Dietary intake of plant sterols stably increases plant sterol levels in the murine brain

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 726-735

  Vanmierlo, Tim ^a,b,c   Weingärtner, Oliver ^c   Van Der Pol, Susanne ^d   Husche, Constanze ^a   Kerksiek, Anja ^a   Friedrichs, Silvia ^a   Sijbrands, Eric ^e   Steinbusch, Harry ^b,c   Grimm, Marcus ^c   Hartmann, Tobias ^c   Laufs, Ulrich ^c   Böhm, Michael ^c   De Vries, Helga E ^d   Mulder, Monique ^e   Lütjohann, Dieter ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMPESTEROL; PHYTOSTEROL; SITOSTEROL; STIGMASTEROL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; BRAIN LEVEL; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL VIABILITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTOMA; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHOLESTEROL; DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MEMBRANE MICRODOMAINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHYTOSTEROLS; SITOSTEROLS; STIGMASTEROL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84859418835     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.M017244     Document Type: Article

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