Cholesterol biosynthesis in transplantable hepatomas: evidence for impairment of uptake and storage of dietary cholesterol

Cholesterol feeding inhibits cholesterol biosynthesis in normal but not in malignant liver tissue. It has been postulated that hepatomas have suffered a specific intracellular deletion of the cholesterol feedback control mechanism, but there is little direct evidence to support this hypothesis.Rats...

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Main Authors: D.S. HARRY, H.P. MORRIS, NEIL McINTYRE
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 1971-05-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520395110