Metabolic and genetic factors modulating subject specific LDL-C responses to plant sterol therapy

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 509-514

  Rideout, Todd C ^a   Harding, Scott V ^b   Mackay, Dylan S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Cholesterol synthesis; Genetic variation; Plant sterols; Variability

Indexed keywords

CAMPESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL; EZETIMIBE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PHYTOSTEROL; SITOSTEROL; STANOL ESTER;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET THERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLIC REGULATION; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NONHUMAN; PLANT STEROL THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INDIVIDUALITY; PHYTOSTEROLS;

EID: 84860805202     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: 12057541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Y2012-060     Document Type: Review

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