Cholesterol Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Cholesterol, including details on high cholesterol, hdl, ldl, diet, risks.

Volume 2 (2005), Issue 6 (June)

1. Baseline levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and lipoprotein (a) and the AvaII polymorphism of the low-density lipoprotein receptor gene influence the response of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol to pravastatin treatment.
   Metabolism, 54(6): 741-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Phytosterols in nonfat and low-fat beverages have no impact on the LDL size phenotype.
   Eur J Clin Nutr, 59(6): 801-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. A double-blind placebo-controlled study of the effects of Lactobacillus acidophilus on plasma lipids.
   Eur J Clin Nutr, 59(6): 776-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Geranylgeraniol and beta-ionone inhibit hepatic preneoplastic lesions, cell proliferation, total plasma cholesterol and DNA damage during the initial phases of hepatocarcinogenesis, but only the former inhibits NF-kappaB activation.
   Carcinogenesis, 26(6): 1091-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Role of curvature and phase transition in lipid sorting and fission of membrane tubules.
   EMBO J, 24(8): 1537-45. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Building up of the liquid-ordered phase formed by sphingomyelin and cholesterol.
   Biophys J, 88(6): 4032-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Effects of dietary fat and oxidized cholesterol on gene expression in rat liver as assessed by cDNA expression array analysis.
   Eur J Nutr, 44(4): 231-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Plant sterols in serum and in atherosclerotic plaques of patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy.
   J Am Coll Cardiol, 45(11): 1794-801. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Comparative regulation of major enzymes in the bile acid biosynthesis pathway by cholesterol, cholate and taurine in mice and rats.
   Life Sci, 77(7): 746-57. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Degradation of HMG-CoA reductase in rat liver is cholesterol and ubiquitin independent.
    FEBS Lett, 579(14): 3126-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Free cholesterol-loaded macrophages are an abundant source of tumor necrosis factor-alpha and interleukin-6: model of NF-kappaB- and map kinase-dependent inflammation in advanced atherosclerosis.
    J Biol Chem, 280(23): 21763-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol estimation by a new formula in Indian population.
    Int J Cardiol, 102(1): 117-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Skin tissue cholesterol assay correlates with presence of coronary calcium.
    Atherosclerosis, 181(1): 167-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. CETP polymorphisms associated with HDL cholesterol may differ from those associated with cardiovascular disease.
    Atherosclerosis, 181(1): 45-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Cholesterol is required for the polarized secretion of erythropoietin in Madin-Darby canine kidney cells.
    Arch Biochem Biophys, 438(2): 174-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Effect of splitting simvastatin tablets for control of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.
    Am J Cardiol, 95(12): 1481-3. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Low prevalence of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level < 1 mmol/L in non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor recipients.
    Int J STD AIDS, 16(5): 365-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Deficiency of PPARalpha disturbs the response of lipogenic flux and of lipogenic and cholesterogenic gene expression to dietary cholesterol in mouse white adipose tissue.
    Biochim Biophys Acta, 1734(3): 259-68. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Evidence for multiple complementary pathways for efficient cholesterol absorption in mice.
    J Lipid Res, 46(7): 1491-501. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. A simple and rapid method to measure cholesterol binding to P450s and other proteins.
    J Lipid Res, 46(7): 1561-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Effects of sirolimus on mesangial cell cholesterol homeostasis: a novel mechanism for its action against lipid-mediated injury in renal allografts.
    Am J Physiol Renal Physiol, 289(1): F43-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Acute and chronic changes in cholesterol modulate Na-Pi cotransport activity in OK cells.
    Am J Physiol Renal Physiol, 289(1): F154-65. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Structural modification of plasma HDL by phospholipids promotes efficient ABCA1-mediated cholesterol release.
    J Lipid Res, 46(7): 1457-65. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. HDL-C and the diabetic patient: target for therapeutic intervention?
    Diabetes Res Clin Pract, 68: S36-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Gene polymorphisms affecting HDL-cholesterol levels in the normolipidemic population.
    Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis, 15(3): 219-24. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Effect of dietary supplementation with glucomannan on plasma total cholesterol and low density lipoprotein cholesterol in hypercholesterolemic children.
    Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis, 15(3): 174-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Effect of antiatherogenic L-aspartate and L-glutamate on serum lipoproteins cholesterol and apolipoproteins A-1 and B in rabbits fed with high cholesterol diet.
    Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis, 15(3): 161-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. 7-Ketocholesterol-induced apoptosis. Involvement of several pro-apoptotic but also anti-apoptotic calcium-dependent transduction pathways.
    FEBS J, 272(12): 3093-104. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Cellular cholesterol efflux to plasma from moderately hypercholesterolaemic type 1 diabetic patients is enhanced, and is unaffected by simvastatin treatment.
    Diabetologia, 48(6): 1105-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Different effects of a high-cholesterol diet on ischemic cardiac dysfunction and remodeling induced by coronary stenosis and coronary occlusion.
    J Am Coll Cardiol, 45(12): 2078-87. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. Quantitative determination of cholesterol, sitosterol, and sitostanol in cultured Caco-2 cells by liquid chromatography-atmospheric pressure chemical ionization mass spectrometry.
    J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci, 821(2): 144-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Chronic antidepressant treatment prevents accumulation of gsalpha in cholesterol-rich, cytoskeletal-associated, plasma membrane domains (lipid rafts).
    Neuropsychopharmacology, 30(7): 1238-45. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Effect of cholesterol and ethanol on dermal delivery from DPPC liposomes.
    Int J Pharm, 298(1): 1-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Phytostanol tablets reduce human LDL-cholesterol.
    J Pharm Pharmacol, 57(7): 889-96. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. The use of ezetimibe in achieving low density lipoprotein lowering goals in clinical practice: position statement of a United Kingdom consensus panel.
    Curr Med Res Opin, 21(6): 959-69. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. Antioxidant effect of atorvastatin is independent of PON1 gene T(-107)C, Q192R and L55M polymorphisms in hypercholesterolaemic patients.
    Curr Med Res Opin, 21(5): 777-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. Cytochrome P450 17alpha hydroxylase/17,20 lyase (CYP17) function in cholesterol biosynthesis: identification of squalene monooxygenase (epoxidase) activity associated with CYP17 in Leydig cells.
    Mol Endocrinol, 19(7): 1918-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. New insights into the regulation of HDL metabolism and reverse cholesterol transport.
    Circ Res, 96(12): 1221-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Acute coffee ingestion does not affect LDL cholesterol level.
    Ann Pharmacother, 39(7): 1209-13. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. The CAG repeat polymorphism in the androgen receptor gene is associated with HDL-cholesterol but not with coronary atherosclerosis or myocardial infarction.
    Clin Chem, 51(7): 1110-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. Lipoprotein-like particles and cholesteryl esters in human Bruch's membrane: initial characterization.
    Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci, 46(7): 2576-86. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Effect of leisure time exercise on high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, its subclasses, and size in Asian Indians.
    Am J Cardiol, 96(1): 98-100. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Uptake of high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesteryl esters by human acute leukemia cells.
    Leuk Res, 29(8): 955-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Phase behavior of freeze-dried phospholipid-cholesterol mixtures stabilized with trehalose.
    Biochim Biophys Acta, 1713(1): 57-64. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Hydration of phospholipid bilayers in the presence and absence of cholesterol.
    Chem Phys Lipids, 136(1): 67-72. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Changes in platelet monoamine oxidase activity, cholesterol levels and hyperactive behaviour in adolescents over a period of three years.
    Neurosci Lett, 384(3): 310-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. A comparison of the behavior of cholesterol and selected derivatives in mixed sterol-phospholipid Langmuir monolayers: a fluorescence microscopy study.
    Chem Phys Lipids, 136(1): 1-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Glycosphingolipid accumulation inhibits cholesterol efflux via the ABCA1/apolipoprotein A-I pathway: 1-phenyl-2-decanoylamino-3-morpholino-1-propanol is a novel cholesterol efflux accelerator.
    J Biol Chem, 280(26): 24515-23. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. Balance of unsaturated fatty acids is important to a cholesterol-lowering diet: comparison of mid-oleic sunflower oil and olive oil on cardiovascular disease risk factors.
    J Am Diet Assoc, 105(7): 1080-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. A diet rich in high-oleic-acid sunflower oil favorably alters low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides, and factor VII coagulant activity.
    J Am Diet Assoc, 105(7): 1071-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. Fasting triglyceride and the triglyceride-HDL cholesterol ratio are not markers of insulin resistance in African Americans.
    Arch Intern Med, 165(12): 1395-400. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. Effect of co-administering ezetimibe with on-going simvastatin treatment on LDL-C goal attainment in hypercholesterolemic patients with coronary heart disease.
    Int J Cardiol, 102(2): 327-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. Association of two apolipoprotein A-I gene MspI polymorphisms with lipid and blood pressure levels.
    Int J Cardiol, 102(2): 309-14. [Abstract] [Full-text]
54. Lord of the rings--the mechanism for oxidosqualene:lanosterol cyclase becomes crystal clear.
    Trends Pharmacol Sci, 26(7): 335-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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