Article
Type C Niemann-Pick disease: spectrum of phenotypic variation in disruption of intracellular LDL-derived cholesterol processing.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 5 Jun 1991
Vanier M T, Rodriguez-Lafrasse C, Rousson R, Gazzah N, Juge M C, Pentchev P G, Revol A, Louisot P
Abstract excerpt
To investigate biochemical heterogeneity within Niemann-Pick type C disease (NPC), the two most characteristic abnormalities, namely (1) kinetics of LDL-stimulated cholesteryl ester formation and (2) intravesicular accumulation of LDL-derived unesterified cholesterol, evaluated by histochemical filipin staining, were studied in cultured skin fibroblasts from a population of 125 NPC patients. Profound alterations...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Cells, Cultured
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Cholesterol Esters
- Cholesterol, LDL
- Esterification
- Histocytochemistry
- Homeostasis
- Humans
