New model to study cholesterol uptake in the human intestine in vitro.

A new model to study cholesterol uptake in the human intestine in vitro is described. Human small intestine organ cultures were incubated with mixed micelles containing bile acid, phospholipid, and cholesterol or its nonabsorbable analogue, sitosterol; trace amounts of labeled cholesterol or sitoste...

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Main Authors: D.D. Sviridov, I.G. Safonova, J.L. Nano, M.Y. Pavlov, P Rampal, V.S. Repin, V.N. Smirnov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1993-02-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520407606