-
prenylation of proteins; the mode of
action of
oxysterols in
these effects is
still poorly understood.
Several oxysterols are ****ociated with age-related diseases...
-
contain oxysterols (oxidized cholesterol) in
higher amounts than in
fresh milk (up to 30 μg/g,
versus trace amounts in
fresh milk).
Oxysterols are derivatives...
- EBI2 is a
receptor for
oxysterols. The most
potent activator is 7α,25-dihydroxycholesterol (7α,25-OHC), with
other oxysterols exhibiting varying affinities...
-
cellular lipid metabolism.
Oxysterol is a
cholesterol metabolite that can be
produced through enzymatic or
radical processes.
Oxysterols, that are the 27-carbon...
-
interest in
oxysterols arose when they were
shown to
exert inhibitory actions on
cholesterol biosynthesis. This
finding became known as the "
oxysterol hypothesis"...
-
activated with
either an LXR
agonist (
oxysterols) or a RXR
agonist (9-cis-13,14-dihydroretinoic acid).
Oxysterols, the
oxygenated derivatives of cholesterol...
- However, Fred
Kummerow claims that it is not
dietary cholesterol, but
oxysterols, or
oxidized cholesterols, from
fried foods and smoking, that are the...
-
Oxysterol-binding
protein 2 is a
protein that in
humans is
encoded by the OSBP2 gene.
Oxysterols are
byproducts of
cholesterol that can have cytotoxic...
-
agonist of
liver X receptors, a
class of
nuclear receptors that
sense oxysterols. In the brain,
liver X
receptor beta is the
primary LXR type,
which interacts...
- Rammohan, J.; Schlesinger, P. H.; Covey, D. F.; Rohatgi, R. (2012). "
Oxysterols are
allosteric activators of the
oncoprotein Smoothened".
Nature Chemical...
