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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Mitchell Lazar
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-2644 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Lehrke Michael M Lebherz Corinna C Millington Segan C SC Guan Hong-Ping HP Millar John J Rader Daniel J DJ Wilson James M JM Lazar Mitchell A MA
Cell metabolism 20050501 5
The high-cholesterol/high-fat Western diet has abetted an epidemic of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death in industrialized nations. Liver X receptors (LXRs) are oxysterol sensors that are required for normal cholesterol and triglyceride homeostasis, yet synthetic LXR agonists produce undesirable hypertriglyceridemia. Here we report a previously unrecognized role for hepatic LXRalpha in the links between diet, serum lipids, and atherosclerosis. A modest increase in ...[more]