Cellular pathology of Niemann-Pick type C disease

Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 445-454

  Ikonen, Elina ^a,b   Hölttä Vuori, Maarit ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

3 hydroxy 3 methyl glutaryl coenzyme A; 6 dansyl cholestanol; central nervous system; CNS; DChol; electron microscopy; EM; endoplasmic reticulum; ER; HMG CoA; LDL; low density lipoprotein; M6P; mannose 6 phosphate; Niemann Pick type C; NPC; SCAP

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FATTY ACID; SPHINGOLIPID;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL VACUOLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; ENDOSOME; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; LYSOSOME; LYSOSOME STORAGE DISEASE; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 2942665893     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2004.03.001     Document Type: Article

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