Reduction of the cholesterol sensor SCAP in the brains of mice causes impaired synaptic transmission and altered cognitive function.

The sterol sensor SCAP is a key regulator of SREBP-2, the major transcription factor controlling cholesterol synthesis. Recently, we showed that there is a global down-regulation of cholesterol synthetic genes, as well as SREBP-2, in the brains of diabetic mice, leading to a reduction of cholesterol...

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Main Authors: Ryo Suzuki, Heather A Ferris, Melissa J Chee, Eleftheria Maratos-Flier, C Ronald Kahn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23585733/?tool=EBI