in rabbits , chickens , and monkeys , long-term feeding of small amounts of cholesterol leads to atherosclerosis despite little or no rise in serum total cholesterol , indicating an independent contribution of dietary cholesterol to atherogenesis over-and-above its influence on serum cholesterol , possibly through effects on serum cholesterol fractions ( eg , increased low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol and decreased high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol ) .
C0008377
cholesterol
C0008395
dietary cholesterol