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When clustered with genes in the more general "transport" category, categories of co-expressed genes with underlying roles in lipid and sterol transport were evident.
In humans and animals, cholesterol is the sterol that is synthesised, absorbed and utilised, whereas plants do not synthesise cholesterol, but use molecules that are similar, such as sitosterol, campesterol and stigmasterol.
Note that several genes for proteins involved in cholesterol biosynthesis (HMG CoA reductase, IDI1, sterol C4 methyl oxidase) and fatty acid metabolism (ACAT2, DEGS, ACATN, FACL3, PEC1) were modulated by R1881.
SRE(BP) sterol regulatory element (binding protein)
A more relevant question raised in this study is whether the plant sterol accumulation in hypertensive rat strains has significance in the pathophysiology of hypertension.