Oxysterols in human circulation: Which role do they have?

Current Opinion in Lipidology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 247-253

  Björkhem, Ingemar ^a   Meaney, Steve ^a   Diczfalusy, Ulf ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYL GROUP; LIGAND; LIVER X NUCLEUS RECEPTOR ALPHA; OXYSTEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CELL RECEPTOR; CHOLESTEROL DERIVATIVE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; LIVER X RECEPTOR; STEROL;

BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CELL MEMBRANE; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CIRCULATION; EXCRETION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; METABOLIC RATE; METABOLIC REGULATION; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; BLOOD; LIVER; METABOLISM;

CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYCHOLESTEROLS; LIVER; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; STEROLS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 0035985702     PISSN: 09579672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041433-200206000-00003     Document Type: Review

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