Oxysterols As Lipid Mediators: Their Biosynthetic Genes, Enzymes and Metabolites

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Journal Prostaglandins Other Lipid Mediat

Date 2019 Nov 8

PMID 31698146

Citations 32

Authors

William J Griffiths

Yuqin Wang

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Abstract

There is growing evidence that oxysterols are more than simple metabolites in the pathway from cholesterol to bile acids. Recent data has shown oxysterols to be ligands to nuclear receptors and to G protein-coupled receptors, modulators of N-methyl-d-aspartate receptors and regulators of cholesterol biosynthesis. In this mini-review we will discuss the biosynthetic mechanisms for the formation of different oxysterols and the implication of disruption of these mechanisms in health and disease.

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