Title : Histologic, hematologic, and biochemical characteristics of apo E-deficient mice: effects of dietary cholesterol and phytosterols.

Pub. Date : 1999 Mar

PMID : 10092072






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1 We conclude that addition of the phytosterol mixture (2% w/w) to a Western-type diet in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice significantly decreases plasma and hepatic cholesterol concentrations, increases hepatic 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase activity, and prevents cutaneous xanthomatosis and vacuolation in the parenchymal cells of kidneys and livers. Cholesterol apolipoprotein E Mus musculus