Cholesterol synthesis inhibitor U18666A and the role of sterol metabolism and trafficking in numerous pathophysiological processes

Lipids

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 477-487

  Cenedella, Richard J ^a  

^a A T STILL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cataracts; Cholesterol; Enantiomer; Epilepsy; Intracellular trafficking; Lysosome; Niemann Pick type C disease; Polar sterols; U18666A

Indexed keywords

1,4 BIS(2 CHLOROBENZYLAMINOMETHYL)CYCLOHEXANE; 3BETA (2 DIETHYLAMINOETHOXY)ANDROST 5 EN 17 ONE; CHOLESTEROL; DESMOSTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; MEVINOLIN; PRAVASTATIN; STEROL;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANISOTROPY; APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; CATARACT; CHO CELL; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ENANTIOMER; ENDOSOME; ENZYME REGULATION; EPILEPSY; ESTERIFICATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LYSOSOME; MEMBRANE FORMATION; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PETIT MAL; PRION DISEASE; REVIEW; STEROL METABOLISM; WILSON DISEASE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANDROSTENES; ANIMALS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CHOLESTEROL; DISEASE; HUMANS; STEROLS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 67349166918     PISSN: 00244201     EISSN: 15589307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11745-009-3305-7     Document Type: Review

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