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 5 (2008), Issue 4 (April)

1. Activation of liver X receptor sensitizes mice to gallbladder cholesterol crystallization.
   Hepatology, 47(4): 1331-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. High-density lipoprotein cholesterol and objective measures of lower extremity performance in older nondisabled persons: the InChianti study.
   J Am Geriatr Soc, 56(4): 621-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Simvastatin with or without ezetimibe in familial hypercholesterolemia.
   N Engl J Med, 358(14): 1431-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. The effect of elevated dietary cholesterol on pulmonary surfactant function in adolescent mice.
   Pediatr Pulmonol, 43(5): 426-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Dramatically increased intestinal absorption of cholesterol following hypophysectomy is normalized by thyroid hormone.
   Gastroenterology, 134(4): 1127-36. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Transferrin uptake in Trypanosoma cruzi is impaired by interference on cytostome-associated cytoskeleton elements and stability of membrane cholesterol, but not by obstruction of clathrin-dependent endocytosis.
   Exp Parasitol, 119(1): 58-66. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Effect of lower targets for blood pressure and LDL cholesterol on atherosclerosis in diabetes: the SANDS randomized trial.
   JAMA, 299(14): 1678-89. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Toremifene improves lipid profiles in men receiving androgen-deprivation therapy for prostate cancer: interim analysis of a multicenter phase III study.
   J Clin Oncol, 26(11): 1824-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Effect of cholesterol and ergosterol on the compressibility and volume fluctuations of phospholipid-sterol bilayers in the critical point region: a molecular acoustic and calorimetric study.
   Biophys J, 94(9): 3538-48. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Lipid levels after acute coronary syndromes.
    J Am Coll Cardiol, 51(15): 1440-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Antiarrhythmogenic effect of reconstituted high-density lipoprotein against ischemia/reperfusion in rats.
    J Am Coll Cardiol, 51(16): 1604-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Effect of the nature of the spacer on gene transfer efficacies of novel thiocholesterol derived gemini lipids in different cell lines: a structure-activity investigation.
    J Med Chem, 51(8): 2533-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Cholesterol--when is lower better?
    Clin Pharmacol Ther, 83(5): 777-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Increased high-density lipoprotein cholesterol predicts the pioglitazone-mediated reduction of carotid intima-media thickness progression in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
    Circulation, 117(16): 2123-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Dietary flaxseed lignan extract lowers plasma cholesterol and glucose concentrations in hypercholesterolaemic subjects.
    Br J Nutr, 99(6): 1301-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Surface rheology and phase transitions of monolayers of phospholipid/cholesterol mixtures.
    Biophys J, 94(10): 3924-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Differential modulation of membrane structure and fluctuations by plant sterols and cholesterol.
    Biophys J, 94(10): 3935-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Differential effects of lipids on the risk of heart failure and coronary heart disease: the Physicians' Health Study.
    Am Heart J, 155(5): 869-75. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Impact of cholesterol level upon APP and BACE proximity and APP cleavage.
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 370(2): 207-12. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Regulation of Na+/H+ exchanger 1 allosteric balance by its localization in cholesterol- and caveolin-rich membrane microdomains.
    J Cell Physiol, 216(1): 207-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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