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. 2022 Aug 23;11(17):2549. doi: 10.3390/foods11172549

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Mechanism of cholesterol lowering by Lactiplantibacillus plantarum via bile acids.Lactiplantibacillus plantarum reduces cholesterol by regulating the metabolism of bile acids that consume cholesterol, as well as promoting the combination of bile acids and cholesterol into precipitates. (FXR—farnesoid X receptor, LXR—liver X receptor, CYP7A1—cholesterol 7α-hydroxylase) (Created with Biorender.com).