title: The pharmacologic elegance of inhibiting cholesterol absorption and synthesis while providing a homeostatic balance.
abstract: The recent discoveries on the concerted role of several mechanisms involved in regulating the balance of body cholesterol highlight the role of intestinal absorption. Selective modulators of intestinal cholesterol absorption are available that offer a new pharmacologic approach to the modulation of total body cholesterol homeostasis and to a more effective reduction of low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol.
authors.affiliation: Center for the Study of Atherosclerosis and Laboratory of Lipoprotein Metabolism, Department of Pharmacological Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy. alberico.catapano@unimi.it
authors.forename: Alberico L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Catapano
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000924:Anticholesteremic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001384:Azetidines / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D000069438:Ezetimibe; D006706:Homeostasis / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000378:metabolism; D007408:Intestinal Absorption / Q000187:drug effects; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000924:Anticholesteremic Agents; D001384:Azetidines; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors; D002784:Cholesterol; D000069438:Ezetimibe