Microbiota prevents cholesterol loss from the body by regulating host gene expression in mice

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Zhong, Chun Yan ^a,b   Sun, Wei Wei ^a   Ma, Yinyan ^b   Zhu, Hongling ^b   Yang, Pan ^a   Wei, Hong ^a   Zeng, Ben Hua ^a   Zhang, Qian ^a,b   Liu, Yu ^a   Li, Wen Xia ^a   Chen, Yixin ^b   Yu, Liqing ^b   Song, Zhi Yuan ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ABC TRANSPORTER G5; ABC TRANSPORTER G8; ABCG5 PROTEIN, MOUSE; ABCG8 PROTEIN, MOUSE; BILE ACID; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL 7ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; CYP7A1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; CYP7B1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; CYTOCHROME P450 FAMILY 7; EZETIMIBE; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN; NPC1L1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; RNA 16S; STEROID MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; DEFICIENCY; DRUG EFFECTS; FECES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIPID DIET; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; MOUSE; SMALL INTESTINE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; ATP BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTER, SUB-FAMILY G, MEMBER 5; ATP BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTER, SUB-FAMILY G, MEMBER 8; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIA; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL 7-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; CYTOCHROME P450 FAMILY 7; DIET, HIGH-FAT; EZETIMIBE; FECES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; LIPOPROTEINS; LIVER; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROBIOTA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; STEROID HYDROXYLASES; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84934878733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep10512     Document Type: Article

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