Studies on the mechanism of accumulation of cholesterol in the gallbladder mucosa. Evidence that sterol 27-hydroxylase is not a pathogenetic factor

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 8-13

  Strömsten, Anna ^a   Von Bahr, Sara ^a   Bringman, Sven ^a   Saeki, Masayumi ^a   Sahlin, Staffan ^b   Björkhem, Ingemar ^a   Einarsson, Curt ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acyl coenzyme A: Cholesterol 0 acyltransferase (ACAT 1); Biliary lipids; Cholesterolosis

Indexed keywords

26 HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; BILE ACID; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ISOENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; STEROL 27 HYDROXYLASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL STONE; CHOLESTEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ESTERIFICATION; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER MUCOSA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE HOMOGENATE;

EID: 0347950973     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8278(03)00502-6     Document Type: Article

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