Adaptation of cholesterol synthesis to fasting and TNF-α: Profiling cholesterol intermediates in the liver, brain, and testis

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 121, Issue 3-5, 2010, Pages 619-625

  Fon Tacer, Klementina ^a   Pompon, Denis ^b   Rozman, Damjana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

Cholesterol biosynthesis; Fasting; Inflammation; Sterol intermediates

Indexed keywords

7 DEHYDROCHOLESTEROL; DESMOSTEROL; LANOSTEROL; STEROL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHOLESTEROL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FASTING; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; TESTIS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

MUS;

EID: 77955418150     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2010.02.026     Document Type: Article

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