"Sitosterols" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A family of sterols commonly found in plants and plant oils. Alpha-, beta-, and gamma-isomers have been characterized.
| Descriptor ID |
D012855
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.210.500.247.222.857 D04.210.500.247.808.756.669 D10.570.938.795.669 D23.704.500.669
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sitosterols" by people in Profiles.
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?-Sitosterol down-regulates some pro-inflammatory signal transduction pathways by increasing the activity of tyrosine phosphatase SHP-1 in J774A.1 murine macrophages. Int Immunopharmacol. 2011 Aug; 11(8):1012-7.
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Effect of vitamin D and ?-sitosterol on immune function of macrophages. Int Immunopharmacol. 2010 Nov; 10(11):1390-6.
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The missense mutation in Abcg5 gene in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) segregates with phytosterolemia but not hypertension. BMC Genet. 2005 Jul 18; 6:40.
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A mouse model of sitosterolemia: absence of Abcg8/sterolin-2 results in failure to secrete biliary cholesterol. BMC Med. 2004 Mar 24; 2:5.
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The rat STSL locus: characterization, chromosomal assignment, and genetic variations in sitosterolemic hypertensive rats. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2003 Jun 03; 3:4.
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Identification of a gene, ABCG5, important in the regulation of dietary cholesterol absorption. Nat Genet. 2001 Jan; 27(1):79-83.