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Trafficking defects in endogenously synthesized cholesterol in fibroblasts, macrophages, hepatocytes, and glial cells from Niemann-Pick type C1 mice.
Journal of lipid research - 1 May 2003
Reid Patrick C, Sugii Shigeki, Chang Ta-Yuan
Abstract excerpt
Niemann-Pick type C1 disease (NPC1) is an inherited neurovisceral lipid storage disorder, hallmarked by the intracellular accumulation of unesterified cholesterol and glycolipids in endocytic organelles. Cells acquire cholesterol through exogenous uptake and endogenous biosynthesis. NPC1 participation in the trafficking of LDL-derived cholesterol has been well studied; however, its role in the trafficking of...
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