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Protein Sensors for Membrane Sterols

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Recent advances that explain how cells employ an ensemble of membrane-embedded proteins to monitor sterol concentrations and adjust sterol synthesis and uptake are discussed.
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This article is published in Cell.The article was published on 2006-01-13 and is currently open access. It has received 1502 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Sterol regulatory element-binding protein 2 & Sterol regulatory element-binding protein.

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Fundamentals of cancer metabolism

TL;DR: A conceptual framework to understand how and why metabolic reprogramming occurs in tumor cells, and the mechanisms linking altered metabolism to tumorigenesis and metastasis will progressively support the development of new strategies to treat human cancer.
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Thyroid Hormone Regulation of Metabolism

TL;DR: The role of TH in regulating metabolic pathways has led to several new therapeutic targets for metabolic disorders and understanding the mechanisms and interactions of the various TH signaling pathways in metabolism will improve the likelihood of identifying effective and selective targets.
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Endoplasmic reticulum stress and oxidative stress: a vicious cycle or a double-edged sword?

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Cellular cholesterol trafficking and compartmentalization

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The LDL Receptor

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Regulation of the mevalonate pathway.

TL;DR: The mevalonate pathway produces isoprenoids that are vital for diverse cellular functions, ranging from cholesterol synthesis to growth control, and could be useful in treating certain forms of cancer as well as heart disease.
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SREBPs: activators of the complete program of cholesterol and fatty acid synthesis in the liver

TL;DR: The complex, interdigitated roles of these three SREBPs have been dissected through the study of ten different lines of gene-manipulated mice and form the subject of this review.
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The SREBP Pathway: Regulation of Cholesterol Metabolism by Proteolysis of a Membrane-Bound Transcription Factor

TL;DR: This research was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health (HL20948) and the Perot Family Foundation.
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Regulation of mouse sterol regulatory element-binding protein-1c gene (SREBP-1c) by oxysterol receptors, LXRα and LXRβ

TL;DR: A novel LXR target is described, the sterol regulatory element-binding protein-1c gene (SREBP-1C), which encodes a membrane-bound transcription factor of the basic helix-loop-helix-leucine zipper family and reveals a unique regulatory interplay between cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism.
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Combined analysis of oligonucleotide microarray data from transgenic and knockout mice identifies direct SREBP target genes

TL;DR: Through application of stringent combinatorial criteria, the transgenic/knockout approach allows identification of genes whose activities are likely to be controlled directly by one family of transcription factors, in this case the SREBPs.
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