Cholesterol-24S-hydroxylase (CYP46A1) is specifically expressed in neurons of the neural retina

Current Eye Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 361-366

  Bretillon, Lionel ^a,e   Diczfalusy, Ulf ^b   Björkhem, Ingemar ^b   Maire, Marie Annick ^c   Martine, Lucy ^c   Joffre, Corinne ^c   Acar, Niyazi ^c   Bron, Alain ^c,d   Creuzot Garcher, Catherine ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e CENTRE DES SCIENCES DU GOÛT ET DE L ALIMENTATION   (France)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Eye; Oxidation; Retina

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL 24S HYDROXYLASE; CHOLESTEROL DERIVATIVE; ENZYME; OXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CILIARY BODY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHROME P450 46A1 GENE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLAUCOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RETINA CONE; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER; RETINA ROD; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CILIARY BODY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEURONS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RETINA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; STAINING AND LABELING; STEROID HYDROXYLASES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33947324152     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02713680701231857     Document Type: Article

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