Cholesterol gallstone formation in overweight mice establishes that obesity per se is not linked directly to cholelithiasis risk

Cholesterol gallstone formation in overweight mice establishes that obesity per se is not linked directly to cholelithiasis risk

The relationship between obesity and cholesterol cholelithiasis is not well understood at physiologic or genetic levels. To clarify whether obesity per se leads to increased prevalence of cholelithiasis, we examined cholesterol gallstone susceptibility in three polygenic (KK/H1J, NON/LtJ, NOD/LtJ) a...

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Main Authors: Guylaine Bouchard, Derek Johnson, Tonya Carver, Beverly Paigen, Martin C. Carey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2002-07-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
Subjects:
cholesterol saturation index
monogenic and polygenic obesity genes
carboxypeptidase E
leptin
leptin receptor
cholecystokinin
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520314735

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