Sentences with phrase «reducing cholesterol synthesis»

Another Reason to Get Plenty of Fiber Fiber helps prevent viscous (thick) bile by reducing cholesterol absorption in the intestines, and also reducing cholesterol synthesis.

Kahn and his team suspected that reduced cholesterol synthesis interferes with brain synapses.

Not exact matches

MicroRNAs that reduce cholesterol export from cells are encoded in the same genes that increase cholesterol synthesis.

Despite this possibility, mevinolin, the active ingredient in red yeast rice, is capable of reducing 7 - dehydrocholesterol levels, 22 and simvistatin (Zocor) not only inhibits the synthesis of mevalonate but also enhances the conversion of 7 - dehydrocholesterol to cholesterol by increasing the expression of 7 - DHCR.23 Simvistatin thereby hits the pool of 7 - dehydrocholesterol with a double - whammy, both decreasing its synthesis and increasing its degradation.

Muscle cells ordinarily contain significant levels of glutathione, and its depletion leads to mitochondrial damage.23 Patients undergoing surgical trauma have been found to exhibit reduced glutathione levels in their skeletal muscles.21 It is tempting to speculate that cholesterol sulfate provides the sulfur needed for glutathione synthesis, so that the deficiency would be explained by the reduced availability of cholesterol following the immune system's heightened response to surgical trauma.