Cholesterol metabolism in brain and skin fibroblasts from sarda breed sheep with scrapie-resistant and scrapie-susceptible genotypes

American Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 142-150

  Pani, Alessandra ^a   Abete, Claudia ^a   Norfo, Claudia ^a   Mulas, Claudia ^a   Putzolu, Marirosa ^a   Laconi, Sergio ^a   Cannas, M Dolores ^a   Orrù, Cristina D ^a   La Colla, Paolo ^a   Dessi, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cholesterol homeostasis; Cholesterol levels; Prion diseases; Rafts; Scrapie

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PRION PROTEIN; THYMIDINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; BREEDING; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; SCRAPIE; SHEEP; SKIN FIBROBLAST;

EID: 70049118212     PISSN: 15536203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajidsp.2007.142.150     Document Type: Article

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