Cholesterol homeostasis: A role for oxysterols

被引:34
作者
Accad, M
Farese, RV
机构
[1] Univ Calif San Francisco, Gladstone Inst Cardiovasc Dis, Cardiovasc Res Inst, San Francisco, CA 94141 USA
[2] Univ Calif San Francisco, Dept Med, San Francisco, CA 94141 USA
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10.1016/S0960-9822(98)70386-0
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Recent experiments have identified LXR alpha, a nuclear hormone receptor that binds oxysterols, as a key regulator of hepatic cholesterol homeostasis.
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