De novo synthesis of steroids and oxysterols in adipocytes

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 289, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 747-764

  Li, Jiehan ^a,b   Daly, Edward ^a   Campioli, Enrico ^a,c   Wabitsch, Martin ^d   Papadopoulos, Vassilios ^a,b,c,e  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Departments of Pharmacology and Therapeutics   (Canada)

^c Department of Medicine ^*  (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

27-HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; ADIPOCYTES; ANTI-ADIPOGENIC ACTIVITIES; DE NOVO SYNTHESIS; OXYSTEROLS; PREGNENOLONE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGY;

LIPIDS;

26 HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTANETRIOL 26 MONOOXYGENASE; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); MEVALONIC ACID; OXYSTEROL; PREGNENOLONE; STEROID;

ADIPOCYTE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYP27A1 GENE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE DELETION; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; METABOLITE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ADIPOCYTE; CHOLESTEROL; CYP11A1; CYP27A1; DIFFERENTIATION; HUMAN; MOUSE; OXYSTEROL; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS;

3T3-L1 CELLS; ADIPOCYTES; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLESTANETRIOL 26-MONOOXYGENASE; HEP G2 CELLS; HUMANS; HYDROXYCHOLESTEROLS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MEVALONIC ACID; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MITOCHONDRIA; PREGNENOLONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA INTERFERENCE; STEROIDS;

EID: 84891933152     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M113.534172     Document Type: Article

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