Low utilization of glucose in the liver causes diet-induced hypercholesterolemia in exogenously hypercholesterolemic rats.

Exogenously hypercholesterolemic (ExHC) rats develop diet-induced hypercholesterolemia (DIHC) when fed with dietary cholesterol. Previously, we reported that, under the high-sucrose-diet-feeding condition, a loss-of-function mutation in Smek2 results in low activity of fatty acid synthase (FAS) foll...

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Main Authors: Yasutake Tanaka, Masahiro Ono, Motonori Miyago, Takahisa Suzuki, Yurika Miyazaki, Michio Kawano, Makoto Asahina, Bungo Shirouchi, Katsumi Imaizumi, Masao Sato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0229669