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The effect of different proportions of casein in semipurified diets on the concentation of serum cholesterol and the lipoprotein composition was studied in rabbits. Low-casein diets (10% w/w) resulted in serum cholesterol levels and growth rates that were lower than high-casein diets (40%). An intermediate proportion of casein (20%) produced intermediate concentrations ofserum cholesterol, but only minor differences in food intake and weight gain, compared with the high-casein group. In the animals with the highest values of total serum cholesterol (the 40% casein group), most of the serum cholesterol was transported in the very low density lipoproteins, whereas with moderate hypercholesterolemia (the 20% casein group), the low density lipoproteins were the main carriers of cholesterol. Elevation in lipoprotein cholesterol was associated in all groups with an increased ratio of cholesterol to protein, suggesting the formation of particles relatively rich in cholesterol. When the rabbits on the diet containing 10% casein were subsequently transferred to the 40% casein diet, a steep increase in the level of serum cholesterol occurred. Conversely, switching the rabbits on the 40% casein diet to the 10% casein diet resulted in a decrease in the level of serum cholesterol.
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Terpstra, A.H.M., Harkes, L. & van der Veen, F.H. The effect of different proportions of casein in semipurified diets on the concentration of serum cholesterol and the lipoprotein composition in rabbits. Lipids 16, 114–119 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02535684
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