Activation mobilizes the cholesterol in the late endosomes-lysosomes of Niemann Pick type C cells.

A variety of intercalating amphipaths increase the chemical activity of plasma membrane cholesterol. To test whether intracellular cholesterol can be similarly activated, we examined NPC1 and NPC2 fibroblasts, since they accumulate large amounts of cholesterol in their late endosomes and lysosomes (...

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Main Authors: Yvonne Lange, Jin Ye, Theodore L Steck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3262792?pdf=render