Cholesterol

"Cholesterol" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The principal sterol of all higher animals, distributed in body tissues, especially the brain and spinal cord, and in animal fats and oils.

Descriptor ID	D002784
MeSH Number(s)	D04.210.500.247.222.284 D04.210.500.247.808.197 D10.570.938.208
Concept/Terms	Cholesterol Cholesterol Epicholesterol Epicholesterol

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Cholesterol".

Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Polycyclic Compounds [D04]
Fused-Ring Compounds [D04.210]
Steroids [D04.210.500]
Cholestanes [D04.210.500.247]
Cholestenes [D04.210.500.247.222]
Cholesterol [D04.210.500.247.222.284]
Sterols [D04.210.500.247.808]
Cholesterol [D04.210.500.247.808.197]
Lipids [D10]
Membrane Lipids [D10.570]
Sterols [D10.570.938]
Cholesterol [D10.570.938.208]

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publications

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Cholesterol" by people in this website by year, and whether "Cholesterol" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 151 publications over 26 distinct years, with a maximum of 13 publications in 2006

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	1	1
1999	1	0	1
2000	2	0	2
2001	1	0	1
2002	5	6	11
2003	1	3	4
2004	3	5	8
2005	2	3	5
2006	4	9	13
2007	3	4	7
2008	1	3	4
2009	2	3	5
2010	4	8	12
2011	7	5	12
2012	3	7	10
2013	3	6	9
2014	2	1	3
2015	3	2	5
2016	0	4	4
2017	2	3	5
2018	2	5	7
2019	2	4	6
2020	4	2	6
2021	1	3	4
2022	0	4	4
2024	0	2	2

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Saad EA, Hassan HA, Ghoneum MH, Alaa El-Dein M. Edible wild plants, chicory and purslane, alleviated diabetic testicular dysfunction, and insulin resistance via suppression 8OHdg and oxidative stress in rats. PLoS One. 2024; 19(4):e0301454.

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Nes WD, Chaudhuri M, Leaver DJ. Druggable Sterol Metabolizing Enzymes in Infectious Diseases: Cell Targets to Therapeutic Leads. Biomolecules. 2024 Feb 20; 14(3).

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Arif M, Mondal T, Majeed A, Loffredo CA, Korba BE, Ghosh S. Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-a (PPARa) Expression in a Clinical Population of Pakistani Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Dyslipidemia. Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Sep 16; 23(18).

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Metibemu DS, Ogungbe IV. Carotenoids in Drug Discovery and Medicine: Pathways and Molecular Targets Implicated in Human Diseases. Molecules. 2022 Sep 15; 27(18).

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Gross S, Hooper R, Tomar D, Armstead AP, Shanas N, Mallu P, Joshi H, Ray S, Chong PL, Astsaturov I, Farma JM, Cai KQ, Chitrala KN, Elrod JW, Zaidi MR, Soboloff J. Suppression of Ca2+ signaling enhances melanoma progression. EMBO J. 2022 10 04; 41(19):e110046.

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Xu D, Li Y, Yang F, Sun CR, Pan J, Wang L, Chen ZP, Fang SC, Yao X, Hou WT, Zhou CZ, Chen Y. Structure and transport mechanism of the human cholesterol transporter ABCG1. Cell Rep. 2022 01 25; 38(4):110298.

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Moksud N, Loo LWM, Yang J, Huang CY, Haiman CA, Le Marchand L, Wilkens LR, Cheng I. Cholesterol lowering drug use and breast cancer survival: the Multiethnic Cohort Study. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2021 Nov; 190(1):165-173.

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Li H, Li QQ, Hong Y. Global gene expression signatures in response to citrate-coated silver nanoparticles exposure. Toxicology. 2021 09; 461:152898.

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Jo YS, Han K, Kim D, Yoo JE, Kim Y, Yang B, Choi H, Sohn JW, Shin DW, Lee H. Relationship between total cholesterol level and tuberculosis risk in a nationwide longitudinal cohort. Sci Rep. 2021 08 10; 11(1):16254.

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Fernandez RF, Pereyra AS, Diaz V, Wilson ES, Litwa KA, Mart?nez-Gardeazabal J, Jackson SN, Brenna JT, Hermann BP, Eells JB, Ellis JM. Acyl-CoA synthetase 6 is required for brain docosahexaenoic acid retention and neuroprotection during aging. JCI Insight. 2021 06 08; 6(11).

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