Hepatic cholesterol and bile acid metabolism and intestinal cholesterol absorption in scavenger receptor class B type I-deficient mice

Hepatic cholesterol and bile acid metabolism and intestinal cholesterol absorption in scavenger receptor class B type I-deficient mice

The scavenger receptor class B type I (SR-BI), which is expressed in the liver and intestine, plays a critical role in cholesterol metabolism in rodents. While hepatic SR-BI expression controls high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol metabolism, intestinal SR-BI has been proposed to facilitate ch...

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Main Authors: Pablo Mardones, Verónica Quiñones, Ludwig Amigo, Mauricio Moreno, Juan Francisco Miquel, Margrit Schwarz, Helena E. Miettinen, Bernardo Trigatti, Monty Krieger, Sonya VanPatten, David E. Cohen, Attilio Rigotti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2001-02-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
Subjects:
HDL
biliary lipids
sterol synthesis
hepatic gene expression
cholesterol feeding
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002222752031676X

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