STARD4 knockdown in HepG2 cells disrupts cholesterol trafficking associated with the plasma membrane, ER, and ERC

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2716-2725

  Garbarino, Jeanne ^a   Pan, Meihui ^a   Chin, Harvey F ^b   Lund, Frederik W ^b,c   Maxfield, Frederick R ^b   Breslow, Jan L ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Endocytic recycling compartment; Endoplasmic reticulum; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Intracellular cholesterol transport; Low density lipoprotein receptor; StAR related lipid transfer domain protein

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; LIPID TRANSFER PROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NIEMANN PICK TYPE C1 PROTEIN; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY RELATED LIPID TRANSFER DOMAIN PROTEIN 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENDOSOME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

CELL MEMBRANE; CHOLESTEROL; ENDOCYTOSIS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; HEP G2 CELLS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 84869022042     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: 15397262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1194/jlr.M032227     Document Type: Article

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