Cholesterol homeostasis and the escape tendency (activity) of plasma membrane cholesterol

Progress in Lipid Research

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 319-332

  Lange, Yvonne ^a   Steck, Theodore L ^b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL OXIDASE; CYCLODEXTRIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; PHOSPHOLIPID DERIVATIVE; SPHINGOMYELIN; STEROL DERIVATIVE;

CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SURFACE; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LIQUID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; STOICHIOMETRY;

CELL MEMBRANE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL OXIDASE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; LIPID BILAYERS; PHASE TRANSITION; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; STEROLS;

EID: 44949133956     PISSN: 01637827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plipres.2008.03.001     Document Type: Review

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