Cholesterol homeostasis: How do cells sense sterol excess?

Chemistry and Physics of Lipids

Volumn 199, Issue , 2016, Pages 170-178

  Howe, Vicky ^a   Sharpe, Laura J ^a   Alexopoulos, Stephanie J ^a   Kunze, Sarah V ^a   Chua, Ngee Kiat ^a   Li, Dianfan ^b   Brown, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; Cholesterol sensing; Homeostasis; Membranes; Oxysterols

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; LIVER X RECEPTOR; OXYSTEROL; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME DEGRADATION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; LIPID BILAYER; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; HOMEOSTASIS; METABOLISM;

CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS; CHOLESTEROL; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS;

EID: 84962164803     PISSN: 00093084     EISSN: 18732941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2016.02.011     Document Type: Article

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