Dette medfører et øget behov for kolesterol i levercellerne, hvilket har den dobbelte virkning, at det øger transkriptionen og aktiviteten for det kolesterol biosyntetiske enzym, hydroxymethyl- glutaryl- coenzym A (HMG- CoA) reduktase, og øger antallet af hepatiske low- density lipoprotein receptorer.
This causes an increased demand for cholesterol in the liver cells, resulting in the dual effects of increasing transcription and activity of the cholesterol biosynthetic enzyme, hydroxymethyl-glutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase, and increasing the number of hepatic low-density lipoprotein receptors.