microRNAs: A connection between cholesterol metabolism and neurodegeneration

Dysregulation of cholesterol metabolism in the brain has been associated with many neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, Niemann–Pick type C disease, Smith–Lemli–Opitz syndrome, Hungtington's disease and Parkinson's disease. Specifically, genes involved in cholester...

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Main Authors: Leigh Goedeke, Carlos Fernández-Hernando
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-12-01
Series:Neurobiology of Disease
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996114001521