Oxysterols in cancer cell proliferation and death

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 154-160

  De Weille, Jan ^a   Fabre, Christine ^a   Bakalara, Norbert ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cell death; Hydroxycholesterol; Oxysterol; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; 7 OXOCHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; LIPOPROTEIN; LIVER X RECEPTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; OXYSTEROL; CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; STEROL; WNT PROTEIN;

CANCER CELL; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CYTOTOXICITY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LD 50; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSPORT VESICLE; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHOLESTEROL; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; HEDGEHOG PROTEINS; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; NEOPLASMS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROLS; TRANSPORT VESICLES; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 84884314618     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: 18732968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2013.02.029     Document Type: Review

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