Dietary cholesterol affects plasma lipid levels, the intravascular processing of lipoproteins and reverse cholesterol transport without increasing the risk for heart disease

Nutrients

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1015-1025

  Barona, Jacqueline ^a,b   Fernandez, Maria Luz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Clinical interventions; Dietary cholesterol; Epidemiological studies; LDL HDL ratio; Lipoprotein metabolism

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ATHEROGENESIS; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN REGULATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LIPID ABSORPTION; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84870332588     PISSN: 20726643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu4081015     Document Type: Review

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