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SUBMITTER: Chan J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2915800 | biostudies-literature | 2010
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chan Jeannie J Kushwaha Rampratap S RS Vandeberg Jane F JF Gluhak-Heinrich Jelica J Vandeberg John L JL
Journal of nutrition and metabolism 20091123
High and low responding opossums (Monodelphis domestica) differ in their plasma very low density lipoprotein and low density lipoprotein (VLDL+LDL) cholesterol concentrations when they consume a high cholesterol diet, which is due in part to absorption of a higher percentage of dietary cholesterol in high responders. We compared the expression of a set of genes that influence cholesterol absorption in high and low responders fed a basal or a high cholesterol and low fat (HCLF) diet. Up-regulatio ...[more]