Identification of a novel sulfonated oxysterol, 5-cholesten-3β,25-diol 3-sulfonate, in hepatocyte nuclei and mitochondria

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1081-1090

  Ren, Shunlin ^a,b   Hylemon, Phillip ^a   Zhang, Zong Ping ^a   Rodriguez Agudo, Daniel ^a,b   Marques, Dalila ^a,b   Li, Xiaobo ^a   Zhou, Huiping ^a   Gil, Gregorio ^a   Pandak, William M ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bile acids; Cholesterol metabolism; Cholesterol transporter; Nuclear oxysterol ligands; Nucleus; Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646767428     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.M600019-JLR200     Document Type: Article

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