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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2007-09-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000851 |