Relation of Cholesterol Metabolism and Non-Cholesterol Sterols to Insulin Resistance

Abstract

Using non-cholesterol sterols investigation several authors postulated a hypothesis that in the metabolic syndrome cholesterol endogenous synthesis is increased and its absorption decreased. Our study is the first attempt to evaluate the direct relation of cholesterol metabolism to the principal pathogenetic phenomenon of the metabolic syndrome-namely to insulin resistance.

Keywords

• Relation
• Cholesterol
• Metabolism
• Non-Cholesterol
• Sterols
• Insulin
• Resistance