THE serum of normal persons, when analyzed by the Schoenheimer–Sperry method, contains a remarkably constant proportion (70–75 per cent) of the total cholesterol as the ester. Since 19261 the ...

Cholesterol in the digestive system must be considered in both its forms, bile salts and cholesterol per se. Dr Cohen explained that bile salt balance is tightly regulated, with about 95% of the ...

"The disruption of the two genes, Abcg5 and Abcg8, reveals their crucial role in biliary cholesterol secretion," said Dr. Liqing Yu, an instructor in the Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth ...

Indeed, upon bile duct canulation, we found a slight increase in total biliary bile acid secretion in DEX-treated animals, associated with significant increases in biliary cholesterol and ...

Effective biliary cholesterol secretion could also enlarge the intestinal cholesterol pool and dilute the dietary cholesterol absorption concentration. In obese human subjects, ...

The protective role of HDL, the so-called "good cholesterol," has been attributed to its ability to transport cholesterol to the liver, where it can be incorporated into the bile and eventually ...

"By increasing synthesis of bile acids (as a mechanism for it to lower cholesterol) in the colon, this can stimulate fluid secretion and accelerate intestinal transit, leading to diarrhea." ...

After a meal, the gall bladder contracts and bile acids flow into the intestinal lumen to emulsify dietary fats. Most of the bile acids (97%) are then reabsorbed and returned to the liver. In people ...

Ursodiol, a naturally occurring hydrophilic bile acid, derived from cholesterol, is present as a minor fraction of the total human bile acid pool. Oral administration of ursodiol increases this ...

OBJECTIVE: We aimed to study the effect of atorvastatin, a statin, on cholesterol synthesis and absorption and VLDL-apoB metabolism in obese men with the metabolic syndrome. METHODS: A total of 25 ...