mRNA levels and protein mass of Niemann-Pick C1–like 1 protein (NPC1L1), members 5 and 8 of the ATP binding cassette transporter subfamily G (ABCG5/8), acyl-CoA: cholesterol acyltransferase 2 (ACAT2), and microsomal triacylglycerol transport protein (MTP), in hamsters fed one of five diets: NCD, no cholesterol diet; HCD, high cholesterol diet containing 0.1% cholesterol; PC, high cholesterol diet containing 0.5% cholestyramine; LP, high cholesterol diet containing a low dose (0.1%) soybean germ phytosterols (SGP); HP, high cholesterol diet containing a high dose (0.2%) soybean germ phytosterols (SGP). n = 8 for each group. a,b,c = means with different superscript letters differ significantly at p < 0.05.