title: LDL cholesteryl oleate as a predictor for atherosclerosis: evidence from human and animal studies on dietary fat.
abstract: This review focuses on the relationships among dietary fat type, plasma and liver lipid, and lipoprotein metabolism and atherosclerosis. Dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids are beneficial for the prevention of coronary artery atherosclerosis. By contrast, dietary monounsaturated fatty acids appear to alter hepatic lipoprotein metabolism, promote cholesteryl oleate accumulation, and confer atherogenic properties to lipoproteins as shown in data from experimental animal studies. Polyunsaturated fat appears to provide atheroprotection, at least in part, because it limits the accumulation of cholesteryl oleate in favor of cholesteryl linoleate in plasma lipoproteins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Section on Lipid Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem NC 27157, USA.
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Degirolamo
authors.forename: Gregory S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Shelness
authors.forename: Lawrence L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Rudel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D050197:Atherosclerosis / Q000097:blood*; D002788:Cholesterol Esters / Q000097:blood*; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood*; D004041:Dietary Fats; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D002788:Cholesterol Esters; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D004041:Dietary Fats; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; C014409:cholesteryl oleate