Regulation of cholesterol homeostasis in health and diseases: from mechanisms to targeted therapeutics

Y Duan, K Gong, S Xu, F Zhang, X Meng… - Signal Transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
Disturbed cholesterol homeostasis plays critical roles in the development of multiple
diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases (CVD), neurodegenerative diseases and …

Molecular mechanisms and potential therapeutical targets in Huntington's disease

C Zuccato, M Valenza, E Cattaneo - Physiological reviews, 2010 - journals.physiology.org
Huntington's disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by a CAG repeat
expansion in the gene encoding for huntingtin protein. A lot has been learned about this …

Therapeutic application of histone deacetylase inhibitors for central nervous system disorders

AG Kazantsev, LM Thompson - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2008 - nature.com
Histone deacetylases (HDACs)—enzymes that affect the acetylation status of histones and
other important cellular proteins—have been recognized as potentially useful therapeutic …

Cholesterol: its regulation and role in central nervous system disorders

M Orth, S Bellosta - Cholesterol, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Cholesterol is a major constituent of the human brain, and the brain is the most cholesterol‐
rich organ. Numerous lipoprotein receptors and apolipoproteins are expressed in the brain …

Beyond the brain: widespread pathology in Huntington's disease

JMM van der Burg, M Björkqvist, P Brundin - The Lancet Neurology, 2009 - thelancet.com
Huntington's disease (HD) is an inherited neurodegenerative disorder caused by a
polyglutamine stretch in the huntingtin protein. Today, more than 15 years after the genetic …

SIRT2 inhibition achieves neuroprotection by decreasing sterol biosynthesis

R Luthi-Carter, DM Taylor, J Pallos… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Huntington's disease (HD), an incurable neurodegenerative disorder, has a complex
pathogenesis including protein aggregation and the dysregulation of neuronal transcription …

[HTML][HTML] The biological function of the Huntingtin protein and its relevance to Huntington's Disease pathology

J Schulte, JT Littleton - Current trends in neurology, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Huntington's Disease is an adult-onset dominant heritable disorder characterized by
progressive psychiatric disruption, cognitive deficits, and loss of motor coordination. It is …

HDL and cholesterol handling in the brain

C Vitali, CL Wellington, L Calabresi - Cardiovascular research, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Cholesterol is an essential component of both the peripheral nervous system and central
nervous system (CNS) of mammals. Brain cholesterol is synthesized in situ by astrocytes …

CYP46A1, the rate-limiting enzyme for cholesterol degradation, is neuroprotective in Huntington's disease

L Boussicault, S Alves, A Lamazière, A Planques… - Brain, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Huntington's disease is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disease caused by
abnormal polyglutamine expansion in huntingtin (Exp-HTT) leading to degeneration of …

Oxysterols and neurodegenerative diseases

I Björkhem, A Cedazo-Minguez, V Leoni… - Molecular aspects of …, 2009 - Elsevier
In contrast to their parent molecule cholesterol, two of its side-chain oxidized metabolites are
able to cross the blood–brain barrier. There is a concentration-driven flux of 24S …