What dictates the accumulation of desmosterol in the developing brain?

FASEB Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 865-870

  Jansen, Maurice ^a,c   Wang, Wei ^a,c   Greco, Dario ^b,d   Bellenchi, Gian Carlo ^e   Di Porzio, Umberto ^e   Brown, Andrew J ^f   Ikonen, Elina ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c MINERVA FOUNDATION INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Finland)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND BIOPHYSICS ADRIANO BUZZATI TRAVERSO   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

3 hydroxysterol 24 reductase; Central nervous system; Cholesterol precursor; Liver X receptor; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

3BETA HYDROXYSTEROL 24 REDUCTASE; CHOLESTEROL DERIVATIVE; DESMOSTEROL; PROGESTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BIOACCUMULATION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME REPRESSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETION (PROCESS); SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CELL MEMBRANE; DESMOSTEROL; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; ORPHAN NUCLEAR RECEPTORS; OXIDOREDUCTASES ACTING ON CH-CH GROUP DONORS; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 84874612913     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.12-211235     Document Type: Article

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