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Plasma 24S-hydroxycholesterol (cerebrosterol) is increased in Alzheimer and vascular demented patients.
Journal of lipid research - 1 Feb 2000
Lütjohann D, Papassotiropoulos A, Björkhem I, Locatelli S, Bagli M, Oehring R D, Schlegel U, Jessen F, Rao M L, von Bergmann K, Heun R
Abstract excerpt
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by the presence of senile plaques, neurofibrillary tangles, and neuronal cell loss associated with membrane cholesterol release. 24S-hydroxycholesterol (24S-OH-Chol) is an enzymatically oxidized product of cholesterol mainly synthesized in the brain. We tested the hypothesis that plasma levels of this oxysterol could be used as a putative biochemical marker for an altered...
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