homeostasis/metabolism
• mice exhibit elevated liver, plasma, stool, and biliary levels of desmosterol
• mice exhibit slightly elevated lanosterol levels in the liver
• however, circulating levels of cholesterol are normal, sterol levels in the brains show no differences in cholesterol or desmosterol levels, and no changes in the levels of stool cholesterol are seen
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• hepatic cholesterol levels are slightly decreased in females
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liver/biliary system
• liver shows elevated desmosterol level and slightly elevated lanosterol levels
• however, no differences are seen in liver cell morphology or hepatic lipid accumulation
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• hepatic cholesterol levels are slightly decreased in females
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• biliary desmosterol level is increased
• however, no differences in levels of biliary cholesterol, bile acids or biliary phospholipids are seen
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digestive/alimentary system
• stool desmosterol level is increased
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