Late endosomal cholesterol accumulation leads to impaired intra-endosomal trafficking.

<h4>Background</h4>Pathological accumulation of cholesterol in late endosomes is observed in lysosomal storage diseases such as Niemann-Pick type C. We here analyzed the effects of cholesterol accumulation in NPC cells, or as phenocopied by the drug U18666A, on late endosomes membrane or...

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Main Authors: Komla Sobo, Isabelle Le Blanc, Pierre-Philippe Luyet, Marc Fivaz, Charles Ferguson, Robert G Parton, Jean Gruenberg, F Gisou van der Goot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-09-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000851