Review of cholesterol absorption with emphasis on dietary and biliary cholesterol.

Lipid Digestion and Absorption

1983 • 859 citations

Detergent Properties of Bile Salts: Correlation with Physiological Function

1967 • 630 citations

Metabolism of β-sitosterol in man

1970 • 501 citations

Physical-chemical behavior of dietary and biliary lipids during intestinal digestion and absorption. 2. Phase analysis and aggregation states of luminal lipids during duodenal fat digestion in healthy adult human beings

1990 • 486 citations

The Intraluminal Phase of Fat Digestion in Man: The Lipid Content of the Micellar and Oil Phases of Intestinal Content Obtained during Fat Digestion and Absorption*

1964 • 434 citations

Intestinal cholesterol absorption efficiency in man is related to apoprotein E phenotype.

1987 • 403 citations

The characteristics of mixed micellar solutions with particular reference to bile

1970 • 387 citations

Watching Fat Digestion

1979 • 379 citations

Molecular cloning and functional expression of human acyl-coenzyme A:cholesterol acyltransferase cDNA in mutant Chinese hamster ovary cells.

1993 • 378 citations

Regulation of Cholesterol Metabolism

1970 • 358 citations

Plant sterols as cholesterol-lowering agents: Clinical trials in patients with hypercholesterolemia and studies of sterol balance

1977 • 358 citations

The mechanism whereby bile acid micelles increase the rate of fatty acid and cholesterol uptake into the intestinal mucosal cell.

1976 • 334 citations

Reduction of Blood Cholesterol in Man

1953 • 325 citations

Physico-chemical state of lipids in intestinal content during their digestion and absorption.

1962 • 315 citations

THE SPECIFICITY OF PANCREATIC LIPASE FOR THE PRIMARY HYDROXYL GROUPS OF GLYCERIDES

1956 • 307 citations

Physical-chemical behavior of dietary and biliary lipids during intestinal digestion and absorption. 1. Phase behavior and aggregation states of model lipid systems patterned after aqueous duodenal contents of healthy adult human beings

1990 • 292 citations

The interaction of cholesterol absorption and cholesterol synthesis in man

1969 • 290 citations

Intestinal absorption of fats

1964 • 282 citations

Absorption and Metabolism of Dietary Cholesterol

1983 • 272 citations

Delineation of the Dimensions and Permeability Characteristics of the Two Major Diffusion Barriers to Passive Mucosal Uptake in the Rabbit Intestine

1974 • 268 citations

Ternary and Quaternary Aqueous Systems Containing Bile Salt, Lecithin, and Cholesterol

1966 • 207 citations

Mechanisms of action of plant sterols on inhibition of cholesterol absorption

1991 • 206 citations

Cholesterol absorption efficiency regulates plasma cholesterol level in the Finnish population

1987 • 196 citations

Absorption of Cholesterol from a Micellar Solution: Intestinal Perfusion Studies in Man*

1967 • 186 citations

Role of acyl CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase in cholesterol absorption and its inhibition by 57-118 in the rabbit.

1983 • 185 citations

C14-CHOLESTEROL

1952 • 179 citations

On the interactions between pancreatic lipase and colipase and the substrate, and the importance of bile salts.

1975 • 174 citations

In vivo evidence that the lipid-regulating activity of the ACAT inhibitor CI-976 in rats is due to inhibition of both intestinal and liver ACAT.

1993 • 146 citations

Effect of Plant Sterol Esters on the Absorption of Dietary Cholesterol

1977 • 144 citations

Intestinal aspects of lipid absorption: in review

1989 • 143 citations

Thermodynamic and molecular determinants of sterol solubilities in bile salt micelles

1987 • 135 citations

STUDIES ON INTESTINAL CHOLESTEROL ABSORPTION IN THE HUMAN

1960 • 132 citations

Normal Plasma Cholesterol in an 88-Year-Old Man Who Eats 25 Eggs a Day

1991 • 128 citations

Determination of cholesterol absorption in man by intestinal perfusion

1977 • 127 citations

MECHANISM OF CHOLESTEROL ABSORPTION

1958 • 126 citations

Purification and Properties of Pancreatic Juice Cholesterol Esterase

1969 • 125 citations

Cholesterol absorption and synthesis related to low density lipoprotein metabolism during varying cholesterol intake in men with different apoE phenotypes.

1992 • 120 citations

Evidence for a contribution by the intestinal wall to the serum cholesterol of the rat

1965 • 119 citations

beta-sitosterol: esterification by intestinal acylcoenzyme A: cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT) and its effect on cholesterol esterification

1983 • 119 citations

Reduced cholesterol transmucosal transport in rats with inhibited mucosal acyl CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase and normal pancreatic function.

1984 • 118 citations

Discrimination between cholesterol and sitosterol for absorption in rats.

1988 • 117 citations

Intestinal Digestion and Absorption of Cholesterol and Lecithin in the Human

1969 • 110 citations

Isolation and properties of the mixed lipid micelles present in intestinal content during fat digestion in man.

1975 • 108 citations

Cholesterol in Intestinal and Hepatic Lymph in the Rat

1951 • 106 citations

C14-CHOLESTEROL

1952 • 98 citations

Hydrolysis of synthetic mixed-acid phosphatides by phospholipase A from human pancreas

1963 • 96 citations

Cholesterol-transfer protein located in the intestinal brush-border membrane. Partial purification and characterization

1991 • 94 citations

Coenzyme-A-dependent Esterification of Cholesterol in Rat Intestinal Mucosa

1976 • 92 citations

Role of bile and pancreatic juice in cholesterol absorption and esterification

1964 • 85 citations

Isolation of the Aqueous Phase of Human Intestinal Contents During the Digestion of a Fatty Meal

1971 • 82 citations

Function of specific bile acids in cholesterol esterase activity in vitro

1965 • 80 citations

Regulation of Rabbit Intestinal Acyl Coenzyme A-Cholesterol Acyltransferase In Vivo and In Vitro

1982 • 79 citations

Regulation of cholesterol metabolism in the intestine

1990 • 78 citations

Esterification of cholesterol in human small intestine: the importance of acyl‐CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase

1979 • 78 citations

Localization and origin at rat intestinal cholesterol esterase determined by immunocytochemistry.

1980 • 77 citations

Effect of dietary fat saturation, cholesterol and cholestyramine on acyl-CoA: Cholesterol acyltransferase activity in rabbit intestinal microsomes

1982 • 74 citations

CHOLESTEROL ESTERASES

1950 • 73 citations

Cholesterol metabolism in groups of rhesus monkeys with high or low response of serum cholesterol to an atherogenic diet

1976 • 68 citations

Transfer of locally synthesized cholesterol from intestinal wall to intestinal lymph

1968 • 68 citations

Coenzyme-A-Dependent Esterification of Cholesterol in Intestinal Mucosa from Guinea-Pig. Influence of Diet on the Enzyme Activity

1977 • 66 citations

The lipid compositionof human bile

1960 • 65 citations

Absorption and lymphatic transport of cholesterol in the rat

1968 • 64 citations

DIFFERENTIAL ABSORPTION OF PLANT STEROLS IN THE DOG

1962 • 62 citations

Intestinal absorption and lymphatic transport of cholesterol and beta-sitostanol in the rat.

1979 • 57 citations

Observations Concerning the Production and Excretion of Cholesterol in Mammals

1954 • 57 citations

Absorption and lymphatic transport of cholesterol and sitosterol in the rat

1969 • 57 citations

The effect of pancreatic diversion on lymphatic absorption and esterification of cholesterol in the rat

1981 • 54 citations

Effect of the ACAT inhibitor CI-976 on plasma cholesterol concentrations and distribution in hamsters fed zero- and low-cholesterol diets

1992 • 53 citations

THE ABSORPTION AND METABOLISM OF STEROLS

1958 • 53 citations

THE MECHANISM OF CHOLESTEROL ABSORPTION

1916 • 52 citations

The Site of Absorption of Cholesterol and Sitosterol in the Rat Small Intestine

1970 • 50 citations

Cholesterol absorption and transport in thoracic duct lymph lipoproteins of nonhuman primates. Effect of dietary cholesterol level

1983 • 49 citations

Cholesterol absorption and turnover in rhesus monkeys as measured by two methods.

1980 • 48 citations

Mechanisms of action of plant sterols on inhibition of cholesterol absorption

1991 • 47 citations

Cholesterol and Cholesteryl Esters of Eggs from Various Avian Species

1980 • 47 citations

Mechanism of Cholesterol Absorption

1958 • 46 citations

THE MECHANISM OF CHOLESTEROL ABSORPTION

1959 • 46 citations

Intestinal Lymphatic Transport of Absorbed Cholesterol.

1951 • 45 citations

The Free and Ester Sterol Content of Various Foodstuffs

1961 • 45 citations

Role of Pancreatic Juice in Cholesterol Absorption

1955 • 44 citations

Secretion of Cholesterol by Intestinal Mucosa in Patients with Complete Common Bile Duct Obstruction.

1959 • 44 citations

Differential absorption of exogenous and endogenous cholesterol in man

1983 • 43 citations

Lymphatic absorption of shellfish sterols and their effects on cholesterol absorption

1981 • 42 citations

The Transport of Exogenous Cholesterol in the Rabbit

1972 • 42 citations

Bile Salts, Sterols, Sterol Esters, Glycerides and Fatty Acids in Micellar and Oil Phases of Intestinal Contents during Fat Digestion in Man

1971 • 41 citations

Absorption of Dietary Cholesterol Esters

1954 • 41 citations

[77] Sterol ester hydrolase from rat pancreas

1981 • 40 citations

Sterol Specificity of Pancreatic Cholesterol Esterase.

1954 • 40 citations

DIRECT MEASUREMENT OF CHOLESTEROL ABSORPTION VIA THE THORACIC DUCT IN MAN *

1960 • 40 citations

Effects of Low Dose Phytosterols on Cholesterol Absorption in Man

1976 • 40 citations

Metabolic fate of pancreas-derived cholesterol esterase in intestine: an in vitro study using Caco-2 cells.

1990 • 39 citations

Some Characteristics of Hepatic Lymph in the Intact Rat

1955 • 39 citations

Chylomicron formation and composition in unanaesthetised rabbits

1975 • 37 citations

Effect of total exclusion of the exocrine pancreas in the rat upon in vitro esterification of C14-labeled cholesterol by the intestine and upon lymphatic absorption of C14-labeled cholesterol

1964 • 37 citations

Absolute Requirement for Free Sterol for Absorption by Rat Intestinal Mucosa.

1964 • 37 citations

Mucosal coenzyme A-dependent cholesterol esterification after intestinal perfusion of lipids in rats.

1979 • 36 citations

Absorbability of plant sterols and their distribution in rabbit tissues

1979 • 35 citations

Sodium cholate-induced changes in the conformation and activity of rat pancreatic cholesterol esterase.

1990 • 35 citations

Cholesterol transport in thoracic duct lymph of the rabbit

1967 • 35 citations

Absorption of Dihydrocholesterol and Soya Sterols by the Rat's Intestine

1955 • 35 citations

Cholesterol esterase — A polymeric enzyme

1971 • 33 citations

Normal cholesterol absorption in rats deficient in intestinal acyl coenzyme A:cholesterol acyltransferase activity

1987 • 33 citations

Intestinal cholesterol esterase: intracellular enzyme or contamination of cytosol by pancreatic enzymes?

1984 • 33 citations

Effect of sucrose polyester on plasma lipids and cholesterol absorption in African green monkeys with variable hypercholesterolemic response to dietary cholesterol

1981 • 31 citations

Absorption and Transport of Shellfish Sterols in Human Subjects

1981 • 31 citations

Influence of cholesterol/fat feeding on cholesterol esterification and morphological structures in intestinal mucosa from guinea pigs

1979 • 29 citations

Specific Function of Bile Salts in Cholesterol Absorption.

1958 • 29 citations

Localization of Cholesterol Esterase and Cholesterol in Mucosal Fractions of Rat Small Intestine.

1963 • 29 citations

Observations Concerning the Production and Excretion of Cholesterol in Mammals

1953 • 29 citations

Sterols in the small intestine of the rat, guinea pig, and rabbit

1971 • 29 citations

Origin of cholesterol transported in intestinal lymph: studies in patients with filarial chyluria.

1979 • 28 citations

Complete hydrolysis of dietary cholesterol esters during intestinal absorption

1965 • 28 citations

A liquid crystalline phase in human intestinal contents during fat digestion

1986 • 28 citations

Whole-body cholesterol metabolism in cholesterol-fed African green monkeys with a variable hypercholesterolemic response.

1977 • 28 citations

Lymphatic Transport of Cholesterol in the Human Being. Effect of Dietary Cholesterol

1970 • 27 citations

PLASMA CHOLESTEROL CONCENTRATIONS IN SQUIRREL MONKEYS AS INFLUENCED BY DIET AND PHENOTYPE

1975 • 27 citations

A review of human cholesterol metabolism.

1967 • 26 citations

Absorption of Lipids from Mixed Micellar Bile Salt Solutions

1968 • 26 citations

Absorption of Cholesterol Esters in the Lymph-Fistula Rat

1958 • 23 citations

INFLUENCE OF DIETARY CHOLESTEROL ON CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM*

1968 • 22 citations

High cholesterol diet and esterification of cholesterol by the intestinal mucosa of rats

1961 • 22 citations

The Phospholipase A2 Activity of Human Small Intestinal Contents.

1973 • 20 citations

Pancreatic cholesterol esterases. 3. Kinetic characterization of cholesterol ester resynthesis by the pancreatic cholesterol esterases

1990 • 19 citations

Distribution and monomer activity of cholesterol in micellar bile salt: effect of cholesterol level

1987 • 18 citations

THE EFFECT OF OPERATION AND THE METHOD OF FEEDING ON THE LYMPHATIC TRANSPORT OF FAT BY BILE FISTULA RATS

1966 • 18 citations

Biliary cholesterol absorption in normal and L‐thyroxin‐fed rats

1979 • 17 citations

The relationship between concentration and uptake by rat small intestine, in vitro, for two micellar solutes

1971 • 12 citations

Absorbability of Plant Sterols in the Rhesus Monkeys

1981 • 11 citations

Influence of the acyl-coenzyme A:cholesterol--acyltransferase inhibitor octimibate on cholesterol transport in rat mesenteric lymph.

1990 • 11 citations

Differential Absorption of Endogenous and Exogenous Cholesterol in the Chick as Affected by Dietary Oil Level and Phytosterols

1977 • 10 citations

Chemical and isotopic measurement of cholesterol absorption in the rat

1980 • 10 citations

Mouvements des sterols dans le tube digestif du rat. Absorption du cholesterol de synthese

1972 • 10 citations

Intestinal absorption of fat

1967 • 9 citations

Absorption of Cholesterol-4-C14 Oleate

1960 • 8 citations

In vitro esterification of plant sterols by the esterifying enzyme of the small intestine of rat

1979 • 7 citations

Lipids of bile and intestinal synthesis of triglycerides.

1962 • 7 citations

Artifacts in ultracentrifugal estimation of aqueous fattv acid concentration

1972 • 6 citations

Cholesterol absorption by jejunum and ileum

1969 • 5 citations

NUTRITIONAL PERSPECTIVES AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS

1975 • 4 citations

Labeling of Intestinal and Lymph Cholesterol After Administration of Tracer Doses of Cholesterol-4-C14.

1959 • 4 citations

Transfer of cholesterol and sitosterol from rat intestinal brush border membranes to phospholipid liposomes: Effects of SCP2.

1990 • 4 citations

Intestinal absorption of biliary and exogenous cholesterol in the rat

1982 • 3 citations

Lymphatic Transport of Cholesterol from Exogenous and Biliary Origins in Nonfasting Rats After Intraduodenal Infusions of Triolein

1983 • 1 citations