title: The role of the digestive tract in cholesterol metabolism.
abstract: New studies have permit to reevaluate the importance of the digestive tract in each of the mechanisms regulating cholesterol turnover. Particularly, the role of the digestive trace in the rat cholesterol synthesis was underestimated. Is there a similar situation in man?
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001647:Bile Acids and Salts / Q000378:metabolism; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D004041:Dietary Fats; D004064:Digestive System / Q000378:metabolism*; D005243:Feces / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007408:Intestinal Absorption; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D001647:Bile Acids and Salts; D004041:Dietary Fats; D002784:Cholesterol