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Thyroid Hormones and Lipid Metabolism: Thyromimetics as Anti-Atherosclerotic Agents?
Overt hypothyroidism most often causes moderately elevated cholesterol and triglycerides; but, in genetically predisposed individuals, it can also trigger frank hyperlipidemia, e.g. type III hyperlipoproteinem...
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Hepatic ENPP1 expression is induced in diabetic rabbits
The ectonucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase 1 (ENPP1) is an inhibitor of the insulin receptor. Variants of ENPP1 are associated with infantile arterial calcification, obesity, and insulin resistance. ...
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Increased plasma levels of LDL cholesterol in rabbits after adenoviral overexpression of human scavenger receptor class B type I
Scavenger receptor class B type I (SR-BI), a CD36 family member, plays a key role in high-density lipoprotein (HDL) metabolism, reverse cholesterol transport, and whole body cholesterol homeostasis, and is sho...