Article
Plasma non-cholesterol sterols in primary hypobetalipoproteinemia.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Jun 2011
Noto Davide, Cefalù Angelo B, Barraco Giacoma, Fayer Francesca, Minà Mariangela, Yue Pin, Tarugi Patrizia, Schonfeld Gustav, Averna Maurizio R
Abstract excerpt
Primary hypobetalipoproteinemia (pHBL) is characterized by plasma cholesterol levels <5th percentile of a population distribution. Plasma non-cholesterol sterols (NCS) are markers of cholesterol liver synthesis and intestinal absorption. Plasma NCS were measured in 111 pHBL subjects, 108 low cholesterol (LC) and 253 normal cholesterol (NC) controls to gain information on cholesterol metabolism in pHBL, and to...
Topics
- Absorption
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Child
- Cholesterol
- Family Health
- Humans
- Hypobetalipoproteinemias
- Intestinal Mucosa
- Middle Aged
- Models, Genetic
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Phytosterols
- Sterols
