homeostasis/metabolism
• 2-fold increase in serum cholesterol when fed normal chow
• 3-fold increase in serum cholesterol when fed a hypercholesterolemic diet
• no increase in HDL
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• 35-fold increase in serum VLDL + LDL when fed a hypercholesterolemic diet
• 160-fold increase in serum VLDL + LDL when fed normal chow
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• 35-fold increase in serum VLDL + LDL when fed a hypercholesterolemic diet
• 160-fold increase in serum VLDL + LDL when fed normal chow
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• when fed a hypercholesterolemic diet for 14 weeks prior to sacrifice, 6 - 7 month old mice showed increased incidence of xanthomatous lesions in multiple tissues, including skin, salivary glands, thyroid glands, muscles, periosteum and upper mediastinum, including the thymus, mesothelium of bladder and kidney, nasal mucosa, choroids plexus, third ventricle, and meniges of the brain and the meniges of spinal cord
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