Effects of lovastatin therapy on guinea pig low density lipoprotein composition and metabolism.
Lovastatin therapy is known to induce hepatic low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor mRNA and LDL receptor activity. Yet, in studies in humans and animals it has been difficult to demonstrate an enhancement of the plasma fractional catabolic rate (FCR) of an injected LDL tracer during lovastatin the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
1989-10-01
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| Series: | Journal of Lipid Research |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520382420 |