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The autosomal recessively inherited cholesterol metabolic disease, cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis (CTX), is caused by mutations in the sterol 27-hydroxylase gene. Three Japanese CTX patients from two unrelated families were studied genetically.
W Chen +7 more
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Multiplicity of 3-Ketosteroid-9α-Hydroxylase Enzymes in Rhodococcus rhodochrous DSM43269 for Specific Degradation of Different Classes of Steroids [PDF]
The well-known large catabolic potential of rhodococci is greatly facilitated by an impressive gene multiplicity. This study reports on the multiplicity of kshA, encoding the oxygenase component of 3-ketosteroid 9α-hydroxylase, a key enzyme in steroid ...
Petrusma, Mirjan +12 more
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Human alveolar macrophages have exceptionally high capacity to convert cholesterol into 27-hydroxycholesterol and cholestenoic acid by the sterol 27-hydroxylase mechanism. It is shown here that the human lung has a higher content of 27-hydroxycholesterol
Amir Babiker +7 more
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On the substrate specificity of human CYP27A1
The mitochondrial sterol 27-hydroxylase (CYP27A1) is required for degradation of the C27-sterol side chain in bile acid biosynthesis. CYP27A1 seems, however, to have roles beyond this, as illustrated by patients with a deficient sterol 27-hydroxylase due
Maria Norlin +3 more
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Preeclampsia is a pregnancy-specific condition that leads to increased cardiovascular risk in later life. A decrease in cholesterol efflux capacity is linked to CVD.
Hiten D. Mistry +5 more
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It is well known that drug disposition and response are greatly determined by the activities of drug metabolizing enzymes, which are polymorphic.
Vera Dias, V Ribeiro
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Molecular genetics of cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis in Jews of north African origin.
Cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis (CTX) is an autosomal recessive sterol storage disease characterized by the accumulation of a bile alcohol, cholestanol, in diverse tissues.
A Reshef +3 more
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Marek’s disease virus (MDV) causes a deadly lymphoproliferative disease in chickens, resulting in huge economic losses in the poultry industry. It has been suggested that MDV suppresses the induction of type I interferons and thus escapes immune control.
Nitin Kamble +6 more
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Effects of cyclosporin on cholesterol 27-hydroxylation and LDL receptor activity in HepG2 cells.
The hypothesis that mitochondrial sterol 27-hydroxylase plays a role in the sterol-mediated down-regulation of LDL receptor activity was evaluated in HepG2 cells. 27-Hydroxycholesterol was found to be more potent at suppressing LDL receptor activity than
D A Winegar +3 more
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A recently identified G to A mutation at the last nucleotide of exon 6 of the sterol 27-hydroxylase gene (CYP 27) in a patient with cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis (CTX) was shown here to cause alternative pre-mRNA splicing of the gene.
Wengen Chen +2 more
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