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Abstract
Administration of 4-aminopyrazolo [3,4-d] pyrimidine decreased serum cholesterol levels in the rat to less than 5 milligrams per deciliter. Coincident with this change, there was a 2.1 - to 16.0-fold increase in the rate of sterol synthesis in seven extrahepatic tissues. This suggests that cholesterol carried in serum lipoproteins plays a major role in regulating sterol synthesis in many extrahepatic tissues.Entities:
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Year: 1976 PMID: 948751 DOI: 10.1126/science.948751
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728