Phytosterols are bioactive compounds that are naturally present in plant cell membranes
with chemical structure similar to the mammalian cell-derived cholesterol. They are highly …

In this review we give an overview of the physiological functions of a group of ATP binding
cassette (ABC) transporter proteins, which were discovered, and still referred to, as …

Plant sterols and stanols are natural food ingredients found in plants. It was already shown
in 1950 that they lower serum low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL‐C) concentrations …

Beta-sitosterol (BS) is a phytosterol, widely distributed throughout the plant kingdom and
known to be involved in the stabilization of cell membranes. To compile the sources …

The recent discovery of transporters in the intestinal mucosa and the canalicular membrane
has given new insights into the regulation of intestinal absorption as well as the biliary …

The roles of polymorphisms of the sitosterolemia genes ABCG5 and ABCG8 in the
regulation of cholesterol metabolism and insulin sensitivity were studied in mildly …

Background Mutations in either of two genes comprising the STSL locus, ATP-binding
cassette (ABC)-transporters ABCG5 (encoding sterolin-1) and ABCG8 (encoding sterolin-2) …

The ATP binding cassette G5 (ABCG5) polymorphisms have been postulated to play a role
in the response to dietary cholesterol. The objective of this study was to examine the …

Objective—We examined the effect of ezetimibe, a cholesterol absorption (CA) inhibitor, and
genetic determinants of CA on reverse cholesterol transport (RCT) from subcutaneously …

Mammalian physiological processes, and likely any organism with a biliary tree, can
distinguish between dietary cholesterol and noncholesterols, retaining very little of the …