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Intestinal Cholesterol Absorption

Intestinal Cholesterol Absorption is a physiological process in lipid metabolism whereby dietary and biliary cholesterol is selectively internalized by enterocytes in the small intestine through specific transport proteins, distinguishing it from passive diffusion of other lipids.

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2017–2026

144

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Ezetimibe Added to Statin Therapy after Acute Coronary Syndromes

Christopher P. Cannon, Michael A. Blazing, Robert P. Giugliano et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2015 · 4.4K citations · Full text

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Niemann-Pick C1 Like 1 Protein Is Critical for Intestinal Cholesterol Absorption

S. Altmann, Harry R. Davis, Li-Ji Zhu et al. · Science · 2004 · 1.8K citations

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Accumulation of Dietary Cholesterol in Sitosterolemia Caused by Mutations in Adjacent ABC Transporters

Knut Erik Berge, Hui Tian, Gregory A. Graf et al. · Science · 2000 · 1.6K citations

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Regulation of Absorption and ABC1-Mediated Efflux of Cholesterol by RXR Heterodimers

Joyce J. Repa, S D Turley, Jean Marc Lobaccaro et al. · Science · 2000 · 1.3K citations

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Synthetic LXR ligand inhibits the development of atherosclerosis in mice

Sean B. Joseph, Elaine McKilligin, Liming Pei et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2002 · 939 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. TA
    Tatu A. Miettinen

    University of Helsinki, Finland

    34 publications · 2.4K citations

    26

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  2. HR
    Harry R. Davis

    University of Chicago, United States

    31 publications · 5.9K citations

    24

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  3. GV
    George V. Vahouny

    George Washington University, United States

    27 publications · 1.5K citations

    21

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  4. JM
    John M. Dietschy

    The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, United States

    23 publications · 3.4K citations

    21

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  5. CR
    C. R. Treadwell

    George Washington University, United States

    27 publications · 1.1K citations

    20

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Institutions

1.2K

  1. The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

    Dallas, United States

    38 h-index

    148 publications

    34.7K citations

  2. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    37 h-index

    161 publications

    10K citations

  3. Wake Forest University

    Winston-Salem, United States

    27 h-index

    160 publications

    13.5K citations

  4. University of Bonn

    Bonn, Germany

    24 h-index

    89 publications

    8.1K citations

  5. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    22 h-index

    92 publications

    37K citations

  6. Inserm

    Paris, France

    21 h-index

    174 publications

    9.5K citations

  7. Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA (United States)

    Rahway, United States

    20 h-index

    113 publications

    42.3K citations

  8. George Washington University

    Washington, United States

    20 h-index

    94 publications

    6.2K citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Lipid Research

    JLR · 155 publications · 12.2K citations

    67

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  2. Journal of Biological Chemistry

    JBC · 40 publications · 5.7K citations

    34

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  3. Gastroenterology

    31 publications · 2K citations

    26

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  4. Journal of Clinical Investigation

    JCI · 29 publications · 4.2K citations

    26

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  5. Journal of Nutrition

    JN · 33 publications · 2.5K citations

    25

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