On the turnover of brain cholesterol in patients with Alzheimer's disease. Abnormal induction of the cholesterol-catabolic enzyme CYP46 in glial cells

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 314, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 45-48

  Bogdanovic, Nenad ^a   Bretillon, Lionel ^a   Lund, Erik G ^b   Diczfalusy, Ulf ^a   Lannfelt, Lars ^a   Winblad, Bengt ^a   Russell, David W ^b   Björkhem, Ingemar ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cerebral cholesterol; Cholesterol 24S hydroxylase; Cytochrome P 450; Oxysterols

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL DERIVATIVE; CYTOCHROME; CYTOCHROME P46; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFUSION; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ASTROCYTES; AXONS; BRAIN; CHOLESTEROL; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYCHOLESTEROLS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; STEROID HYDROXYLASES;

EID: 0035856407     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(01)02277-7     Document Type: Article

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