Increased serum liver X receptor ligand oxysterols in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1257-1266

  Ikegami, Tadashi ^a   Hyogo, Hideyuki ^a,b   Honda, Akira ^a   Miyazaki, Teruo ^a   Tokushige, Katsutoshi ^c   Hashimoto, Etsuko ^c   Inui, Kazuo ^d   Matsuzaki, Yasushi ^a   Tazuma, Susumu ^b  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bile acids; Cholesterol metabolism; NAFLD; Oxysterol

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LATHOSTEROL; OXYSTEROL; PITAVASTATIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID ABSORPTION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLESTEROL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORPHAN NUCLEAR RECEPTORS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUINOLINES; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872271480     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: 14355922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-012-0585-0     Document Type: Article

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