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Dietary cholesterol absorption; more than just bile.
Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM - 1 Sept 2001
Lu K, Lee M H, Patel S B
Abstract excerpt
Absorption of dietary cholesterol from the intestine is an important part of cholesterol homeostasis and represents the first step that allows dietary cholesterol to exert its metabolic effects. Although the role of bile salts in the initial absorption of dietary cholesterol, by the formation of emulsions, is readily appreciated, the recognition that other molecular mechanisms might govern this process is only...
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