A METHOD OF INHIBITING THE EXPRESSION OF GENES WHICH MEDIATE CELLULAR CHOLESTEROL INFLUX IN ANIMAL CELLS AND INHIBITING THE PRODUCTION OF PROTEINS RESULTING FROM THE EXPRESSION OF SUCH GENES USING CHOLESTEROL ABSORPTION INHIBITORS

摘要

The present invention provides, in one aspect, a method of inhibiting the expression of a gene which mediates cellular cholesterol influx in an animal cell which comprises administering to an animal an effective amount of at least one cholesterol absorption inhibitor. In another aspect, it provides a method of inhibiting the production of a protein expressed by a gene which mediates cellular cholesterol influx in an animal cell which comprises administering to an animal an effective amount of at least one cholesterol absorption inhibitor.