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Mice received a control or a western diet for 4 weeks and were further supplemented or not with inulin for 2 weeks (0.2 g\/day per mouse). We performed a lipid tolerance test, measured mRNA expression of genes involved in postprandial lipid metabolism, assessed post-heparin plasma and muscle lipoprotein lipase activity and measured lipid accumulation in the enterocytes and fecal lipid excretion. Inulin supplementation in western diet-fed mice decreases postprandial serum triglycerides concentration, decreases the mRNA expression levels of Cd36 (fatty acid receptor involved in lipid uptake and sensing) and apolipoprotein C3 (Apoc3, inhibitor of lipoprotein lipase) in the jejunum and increases fecal lipid excretion. In conclusion, inulin improves postprandial hypertriglyceridemia by targeting intestinal lipid metabolism. This work confirms the interest of using inulin supplementation in the management of dyslipidemia linked to obesity and cardiometabolic risk.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/nu10050532","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,4,25]],"date-time":"2018-04-25T11:15:39Z","timestamp":1524654939000},"page":"532","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":38,"title":["Inulin Improves Postprandial Hypertriglyceridemia by Modulating Gene Expression in the Small Intestine"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Sophie","family":"Hiel","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Metabolism and Nutrition Research Group, Louvain Drug Research Institute, Universit\u00e9 catholique de Louvain, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9435-3338","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Audrey M.","family":"Neyrinck","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Metabolism and Nutrition Research Group, Louvain Drug Research Institute, Universit\u00e9 catholique de Louvain, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Julie","family":"Rodriguez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Metabolism and Nutrition Research Group, Louvain Drug Research Institute, Universit\u00e9 catholique de Louvain, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Barbara D.","family":"Pachikian","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Metabolism and Nutrition Research Group, Louvain Drug Research Institute, Universit\u00e9 catholique de Louvain, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Caroline","family":"Bouzin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jean-Paul","family":"Thissen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2040-2448","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Patrice D.","family":"Cani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Metabolism and Nutrition Research Group, Louvain Drug Research Institute, Universit\u00e9 catholique de Louvain, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Laure B.","family":"Bindels","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Metabolism and Nutrition Research Group, Louvain Drug Research Institute, Universit\u00e9 catholique de Louvain, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nathalie M.","family":"Delzenne","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Metabolism and Nutrition Research Group, Louvain Drug Research Institute, Universit\u00e9 catholique de Louvain, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,4,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1218","DOI":"10.3390\/nu5041218","article-title":"Dyslipidemia in Obesity: Mechanisms and Potential Targets","volume":"5","author":"Klop","year":"2013","journal-title":"Nutrients"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"826","DOI":"10.1016\/j.bbalip.2011.11.010","article-title":"Pathophysiology of hypertriglyceridemia","volume":"1821","author":"Hassing","year":"2012","journal-title":"Biochim. 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