Cholesterol and cholesterol oxides impact on the functional properties of cells, in respect of the intracellular and extracellular distribution of compounds across cell membranes, carcinogenesis and drug resistance. A...
supported by MH101874, MH114866, MH122379 from the National Institute of Mental Health (to CFZ);the Taylor Family Institute for Innovative Psychiatric Research and the Bantly Foundation (to CFZ)。
Neurosteroids are rapidly emerging as important new therapies in neuropsychiatry, with one such agent, brexanolone, already approved for treatment of postpartum depression, and others on the horizon. These steroids ha...
BACKGROUND Bone tissue engineering is an area of continued interest within orthopaedic surgery,as it promises to create implantable bone substitute materials that obviate the need for autologous bone graft.Recently,ox...
This work was supported by Gilead Sciences Liver Research Award 2016 and Virginia Commonwealth University DOIM Pilot Project Grant(4111393)to G.Kakiyama;Veterans Administration Merit Award I01 BX000197-07 to W.M.Pandak.
Over the last two decades,the prevalence of obesity,and metabolic syndromes(MS)such as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease(NAFLD)and type 2 diabetes mellitus(T2DM),have dramatically increased.Bile acids play a major role...
Amyloid peptide, the main component of senile plaques, is a major biological characteristic of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The aim of the present study conducted on human neuronal SK-N-BE cells was to evaluate whether ...
Cholesterol is an essential component of the mammalian plasma membrane because it promotes membrane stability without comprising membrane fluidity. Given this important cellular role, cholesterol levels are tightly co...
Wei Ling Florence Lim and Ian J. Martins are supported by National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) grant of Australia;Ralph N. Martins is supported by grants from McCusker Alzheimer’s Disease Research Foundation and NHMRC
It has been estimated that Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common form of dementia, will affect approximately 81 million individuals by 2040. To date, the actual cause and cascade of events in the progression of...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.30901940);the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars,Education Ministry of China
Objective Cholesterol 24-hydroxylase catalyzes the conversion of cholesterol to 24-hydroxycholesterol,which is a major pathway for cholesterol elimination from the brain,since 24-hydroxycholesterol can readily cross t...