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Maternal Protein Restriction Elevates Cholesterol in Adult Rat Offspring Due to Repressive Changes in Histone Modifications at the Cholesterol 7α-Hydroxylase Promoter
4 Mar 2011
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Adverse events in utero, such as intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), can permanently alter epigenetic mechanisms leading to the metabolic syndrome, which encompasses a variety of symptoms including augmented cholesterol. The major site for cholesterol homeostasis occurs via the actions of hepatic cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase (Cyp7a1), which catabolizes cholesterol to bile acids. To determine whether...
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