Hormonal control of cholesterol cholelithiasis in the female hamster

Male golden Syrian hamsters from Sasco form cholesterol gallstones when fed a lithogenic diet; in contrast, female hamsters are resistant to stones when fed the identical diet. Upon addition of the synthetic androgen, methyl-testosterone, to the diet, the incidence of cholesterol gallstones in femal...

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Main Authors: N Ayyad, B I Cohen, E H Mosbach, T Mikami, Y Mikami, A Ohshima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1995-07-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520397352