Consequences of exchanging carbohydrates for proteins in the cholesterol metabolism of mice fed a high-fat diet
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ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Frederic Raymond
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-20260 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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Consequences of exchanging carbohydrates for proteins in the cholesterol metabolism of mice fed a high-fat diet.
Raymond Frédéric F Wang Long L Moser Mireille M Metairon Sylviane S Mansourian Robert R Zwahlen Marie-Camille MC Kussmann Martin M Fuerholz Andreas A Macé Katherine K Chou Chieh Jason CJ
PloS one 20121106 11
Consumption of low-carbohydrate, high-protein, high-fat diets lead to rapid weight loss but the cardioprotective effects of these diets have been questioned. We examined the impact of high-protein and high-fat diets on cholesterol metabolism by comparing the plasma cholesterol and the expression of cholesterol biosynthesis genes in the liver of mice fed a high-fat (HF) diet that has a high (H) or a low (L) protein-to-carbohydrate (P/C) ratio. H-P/C-HF feeding, compared with L-P/C-HF feeding, dec ...[more]
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