| Literature DB >> 28888831 |
Martina Korber1, Isabella Klein1, Günther Daum2.
Abstract
Sterols are essential lipids of all eukaryotic cells, appearing either as free sterols or steryl esters. Besides other regulatory mechanisms, esterification of sterols and hydrolysis of steryl esters serve to buffer both an excess and a lack of free sterols. In this review, the esterification process, the storage of steryl esters and their mobilization will be described. Several model organisms are discussed but the focus was set on mammals and the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The contribution of imbalanced cholesterol homeostasis to several human diseases, namely Wolman disease, cholesteryl ester storage disease, atherosclerosis and Alzheimer's disease, Niemann-Pick type C and Tangier disease is described.Entities:
Keywords: Lipid droplet; Sterol homeostasis; Steryl ester hydrolase; Steryl ester synthase
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28888831 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2017.09.002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Cell Biol Lipids ISSN: 1388-1981 Impact factor: 4.698