"Desmosterol" 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.
An intermediate in the synthesis of cholesterol.
| Descriptor ID |
D003897
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.210.500.247.222.222.347.231 D04.210.500.247.808.197.250.281 D10.570.938.208.320.297
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| Concept/Terms |
Desmosterol- Desmosterol
- Demosterol
- 24-Dehydrocholesterol
- 24 Dehydrocholesterol
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Desmosterol" by people in Profiles.
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Spann NJ, Garmire LX, McDonald JG, Myers DS, Milne SB, Shibata N, Reichart D, Fox JN, Shaked I, Heudobler D, Raetz CR, Wang EW, Kelly SL, Sullards MC, Murphy RC, Merrill AH, Brown HA, Dennis EA, Li AC, Ley K, Tsimikas S, Fahy E, Subramaniam S, Quehenberger O, Russell DW, Glass CK. Regulated accumulation of desmosterol integrates macrophage lipid metabolism and inflammatory responses. Cell. 2012 Sep 28; 151(1):138-52.