Tissue-specific coordinate regulation of enzymes of cholesterol biosynthesis: Sciatic nerve versus liver

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2502-2509

  Toews, Arrel D ^a   Jurevics, Helga ^a   Hostettler, Janell ^a   Roe, Elaine B ^a   Morell, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

demyelination; gene expression; HMG CoA reductase; liver; peripheral neuropathy; sciatic nerve; squalene epoxidase

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; SQUALENE MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMYELINATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLIA CELL; LIVER METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REVIEW; SCIATIC NERVE; TARGET CELL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COA REDUCTASES; LIVER; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; OXYGENASES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SQUALENE MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0030474088     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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