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Cholesterol in coronary heart disease and psychiatric disorders: same or opposite effects on morbidity risk? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The goal of this article is to review the studies that have linked low cholesterol levels with psychiatric symptoms or behavioral disorders in order to clarify which cholesterol fractions may influence psychological well being and mental health.
Troisi, A
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A membrane defect in the pathogenesis of the Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome

open access: yesJournal of Lipid Research, 2006
The Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome (SLOS) is an often lethal birth defect resulting from mutations in the gene responsible for the synthesis of the enzyme 3β-hydroxy-steroid-Δ7-reductase, which catalyzes the reduction of the double bond at carbon 7 on 7 ...
Thomas N. Tulenko   +6 more
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Charge-tagging liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry methodology targeting oxysterol diastereoisomers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The introduction of a hydroxy group to the cholesterol skeleton introduces not only the possibility for positional isomers but also diastereoisomers, where two or more isomers have different configurations at one or more of the stereocentres but are not ...
Abdel-Khalik   +30 more
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Total cholesterol, low is not always the best: Part 1 - Cholesterol biosynthesis defects [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
O colesterol é um componente importante das membranas celulares e da mielina, desempenhando também um papel essencial na embriogénese e desenvolvimento.
Alves, Ana Catarina   +2 more
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Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome [PDF]

open access: yesProceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, 1969
L, Sinclair, M H, Winterborn, J, Brown
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The implicitome: A resource for rationalizing gene-disease associations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
High-throughput experimental methods such as medical sequencing and genome-wide association studies (GWAS) identify increasingly large numbers of potential relations between genetic variants and diseases. Both biological complexity (millions of potential
Bruskiewich, R. (Richard)   +21 more
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Prenatal diagnosis of holoprosencephaly associated with Smith–Lemli–Opitz syndrome (SLOS) in a 46,XX fetus

open access: yesTaiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2017
Objective: To show the importance of measuring cholesterol precursor levels in amniotic fluid in all pregnancies with ultrasound features (such as holoprosencephaly) suggestive of Smith–Lemli–Opitz syndrome (SLOS), after exclusion of chromosomal ...
André Travessa   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Genetics of autistic disorders: review and clinical implications [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Twin and family studies in autistic disorders (AD) have elucidated a high heritability of AD. In this literature review, we will present an overview on molecular genetic studies in AD and highlight the most recent findings of an increased rate of copy ...
Freitag, Christine M.   +4 more
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Oxysterols and Retinal Degeneration in a Rat Model of Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome: Implications for an Improved Therapeutic Intervention

open access: yesMolecules, 2018
Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome (SLOS) is an autosomal recessive human disease caused by mutations in the gene encoding 7-dehydrocholesterol (7DHC) reductase (DHCR7), resulting in abnormal accumulation of 7DHC and reduced levels of cholesterol in bodily ...
Steven J. Fliesler, Libin Xu
doaj   +1 more source

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