Disposition of intracellular cholesterol in human fibroblasts.
We have examined the intracellular distribution of unesterified cholesterol in cultured human fibroblasts. Intact cells were treated with cholesterol oxidase to selectively transform cell surface cholesterol to cholestenone. Isopycnic centrifugation of homogenates showed that the cholestenone had a...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
1991-02-01
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Series: | Journal of Lipid Research |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520420930 |