Atherosclerosis
Volume 191, Issue 1 , Pages 11-21 , March 2007

Unsaturated fatty acids suppress the expression of the ATP-binding cassette transporter G1 (ABCG1) and ABCA1 genes via an LXR/RXR responsive element

  • Yoshinari Uehara

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Healthcare, Fukuoka University Hospital, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, 814-0180 Fukuoka, Japan
    • Department of Cardiology, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, 814-0180 Fukuoka, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 92 801 1011x3525; fax: +81 92 865 7900.
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  • Shin-ichiro Miura

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, 814-0180 Fukuoka, Japan
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  • Arnold von Eckardstein

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital Zürich, Rämistrasse 100, CH-8091 Zürich, Switzerland
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  • Satomi Abe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, 814-0180 Fukuoka, Japan
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  • Akihiro Fujii

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Healthcare, Fukuoka University Hospital, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, 814-0180 Fukuoka, Japan
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  • Yoshino Matsuo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, 814-0180 Fukuoka, Japan
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  • Stephan Rust

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Arteriosclerosis Research,University of Münster, Domagkstrasse 3, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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  • Stefan Lorkowski

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Arteriosclerosis Research,University of Münster, Domagkstrasse 3, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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  • Gerd Assmann

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Arteriosclerosis Research,University of Münster, Domagkstrasse 3, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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  • Tatsuo Yamada

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Healthcare, Fukuoka University Hospital, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, 814-0180 Fukuoka, Japan
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  • Keijiro Saku

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, 7-45-1 Nanakuma, Jonan-ku, 814-0180 Fukuoka, Japan

Received 6 May 2005 ,Revised 11 April 2006 ,Accepted 13 April 2006.

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PII: S0021-9150(06)00212-7

doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2006.04.018

Atherosclerosis
Volume 191, Issue 1 , Pages 11-21 , March 2007