Do oxysterols control cholesterol homeostasis?

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 725-730

  Björkhem, Ingemar ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

24S HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; 25 HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; 4BETA HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; 7ALPHA HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; ABC TRANSPORTER; BILE ACID; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL 7ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 27; CYTOCHROME P450 3A4; CYTOCHROME P450 46; OXYSTEROL; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BILE ACID SYNTHESIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL ESTERIFICATION; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTERNALIZATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

EID: 0036736781     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI0216388     Document Type: Review

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