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Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis (CTX) is an autosomal recessive disease caused by mutations in the CYP27A1 gene, encoding the sterol 27-hydroxylase. Disruption of the bile acid biosynthesis pathway and accumulation of toxic precursors such as cholestanol ...
Sara Lumbreras +12 more
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Synthesis of 24-heteroatom-substituted cholestanols
Short syntheses of 24-thia-5 alpha,20 xi-cholestan-3 beta-ol, 24-methyl-24-aza-5 alpha,20 xi-cholestan-3 beta-ol, and 24-nor-5 alpha,20 xi-cholan-3 beta-ol from 3 beta-hydroxy-5 alpha-pregnan-20-one are described. The products and synthetic intermediates have been fully characterized by the results of proton NMR, infrared, and high and low resolution ...
M D Rahman, H M Seidel, R A Pascal, Jr
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Age-related changes of cholestanol and lathosterol plasma concentrations: an explorative study
Background Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis (CTX) and Lathosterolosis represent two treatable inherited disorders of cholesterol metabolism that are characterized by the accumulation of cholestanol and lathosterol, respectively.
Monica Gelzo +7 more
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Introduction: Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis (CTX) is an autosomal recessive disease caused by a deficiency of mitochondrial enzyme sterol 27-hydrolylase.
B. Pilo de la Fuente +8 more
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Egy ritka, veleszületett neurodegeneratív betegség: a cerebrotendinosus xanthomatosis laboratóriumi diagnosztikája [PDF]
Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis is a rare neurodegenerative disease characterized by the accumulation of cholesterol and cholestanol in the brain and the tendons caused by mutations of the gene encoding sterol 27-hydroxylase (CYP27A1), which is involved ...
Balogh István +10 more
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The cholesterol and cholestanol biosynthetic pathways and the control of cholesterolgenesis were investigated in skin fibroblasts, from patients with cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis (CTX) and from normal subjects, growth in a lipoprotein deficient (d less
G S Tint, G Salen
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Microbial mat development and dolomite formation under pre-evaporitic conditions during the Atlantic in a temperate area: The Sarliève Lake (French Massif Central) [PDF]
International audienceThe Sarliève marsh in the Limagne plain, in the heart of the French Massif Central, functioned as an endorheic lake during the Late Glacial and the Early and Middle Holocene.
Bréhéret, Jean-Gabriel +3 more
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A clinical approach to the diagnosis of patients with leukodystrophies and genetic leukoencephelopathies [PDF]
Leukodystrophies (LD) and genetic leukoencephalopathies (gLE) are disorders that result in white matter abnormalities in the central nervous system (CNS).
Bernard, Geneviève +14 more
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Metabolism of coprostanol-C14 and cholestanol-4-C14 in man
Coprostanol-C14, biosynthetically prepared, was administered orally to two patients, and cholestanol-4-C14 was administered to one of them 10 months later.
R.S. Rosenfeld +2 more
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The microstratigraphy of middens: capturing daily routine in rubbish at Neolithic Çatalhöyük, Turkey [PDF]
Microstratigraphy — the sequencing of detailed biological signals on site — is an important new approach being developed in the Çatalhöyük project. Here the authors show how microscopic recording of the strata and content of widespread middens on the ...
Almond, Matthew J. +3 more
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