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- Cholestanes
- Lipid disorders
- Receptor agonists
Acetoacetyl-CoA
Acetoacetyl CoA is the precursor of HMG-CoA in the mevalonate pathway, which is essential for cholesterol biosynthesis.
See Cholesterol and Acetoacetyl-CoA
Acetone
Acetone (2-propanone or dimethyl ketone) is an organic compound with the formula. Cholesterol and Acetone are GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulators.
Acetyl-CoA
Acetyl-CoA (acetyl coenzyme A) is a molecule that participates in many biochemical reactions in protein, carbohydrate and lipid metabolism.
See Cholesterol and Acetyl-CoA
Adenosine triphosphate
Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is a nucleotide that provides energy to drive and support many processes in living cells, such as muscle contraction, nerve impulse propagation, and chemical synthesis.
See Cholesterol and Adenosine triphosphate
Adrenal gland
The adrenal glands (also known as suprarenal glands) are endocrine glands that produce a variety of hormones including adrenaline and the steroids aldosterone and cortisol.
See Cholesterol and Adrenal gland
Alcohol (chemistry)
In chemistry, an alcohol is a type of organic compound that carries at least one hydroxyl functional group bound to carbon.
See Cholesterol and Alcohol (chemistry)
Aldosterone
Aldosterone is the main mineralocorticoid steroid hormone produced by the zona glomerulosa of the adrenal cortex in the adrenal gland.
See Cholesterol and Aldosterone
Alkene
In organic chemistry, an alkene, or olefin, is a hydrocarbon containing a carbon–carbon double bond.
American Heart Association
The American Heart Association (AHA) is a nonprofit organization in the United States that funds cardiovascular medical research, educates consumers on healthy living and fosters appropriate cardiac care in an effort to reduce disability and deaths caused by cardiovascular disease and stroke.
See Cholesterol and American Heart Association
Amphiphile
An amphiphile (from the Greek αμφις amphis, both, and φιλíα philia, love, friendship), or amphipath, is a chemical compound possessing both hydrophilic (water-loving, polar) and lipophilic (fat-loving) properties.
See Cholesterol and Amphiphile
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek (Ἑλληνῐκή) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC.
See Cholesterol and Ancient Greek
Angina
Angina, also known as angina pectoris, is chest pain or pressure, usually caused by insufficient blood flow to the heart muscle (myocardium).
Animal
Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the biological kingdom Animalia.
Animal fat
Animal fats and oils are lipids derived from animals: oils are liquid at room temperature, and fats are solid.
See Cholesterol and Animal fat
Apolipoprotein
Apolipoproteins are proteins that bind lipids (oil-soluble substances such as fats, cholesterol and fat soluble vitamins) to form lipoproteins.
See Cholesterol and Apolipoprotein
Apolipoprotein B
Apolipoprotein B (ApoB) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the gene.
See Cholesterol and Apolipoprotein B
Apolipoprotein C
In the field of molecular biology, apolipoprotein C is a family of four low molecular weight apolipoproteins, designated as C-I, C-II, C-III, and C-IV that are surface components of chylomicrons, VLDL, and HDL.
See Cholesterol and Apolipoprotein C
Apolipoprotein E
Apolipoprotein E (Apo-E) is a protein involved in the metabolism of fats in the body of mammals.
See Cholesterol and Apolipoprotein E
Archaea
Archaea (archaeon) is a domain of single-celled organisms.
Astrocyte
Astrocytes (from Ancient Greek,, "star" and,, "cavity", "cell"), also known collectively as astroglia, are characteristic star-shaped glial cells in the brain and spinal cord.
Atheroma
An atheroma, or atheromatous plaque, is an abnormal accumulation of material in the inner layer of an arterial wall.
Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis is a pattern of the disease arteriosclerosis, characterized by development of abnormalities called lesions in walls of arteries.
See Cholesterol and Atherosclerosis
Avocado
The avocado, alligator pear or avocado pear (Persea americana) is a medium-sized, evergreen tree in the laurel family (Lauraceae).
Bacteria
Bacteria (bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell.
Benzene
Benzene is an organic chemical compound with the molecular formula C6H6. The benzene molecule is composed of six carbon atoms joined in a planar hexagonal ring with one hydrogen atom attached to each. Because it contains only carbon and hydrogen atoms, benzene is classed as a hydrocarbon. Benzene is a natural constituent of petroleum and is one of the elementary petrochemicals. Cholesterol and benzene are GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulators.
Bile
Bile (from Latin bilis), or gall, is a yellow-green fluid produced by the liver of most vertebrates that aids the digestion of lipids in the small intestine.
Bile acid
Bile acids are steroid acids found predominantly in the bile of mammals and other vertebrates.
Bilirubin
Bilirubin (BR) (from the Latin for "red bile") is a red-orange compound that occurs in the normal catabolic pathway that breaks down heme in vertebrates.
Binding domain
In molecular biology, binding domain is a protein domain which binds to a specific atom or molecule, such as calcium or DNA.
See Cholesterol and Binding domain
Biosynthesis
Biosynthesis, i.e., chemical synthesis occuring in biological contexts, is a term most often referring to multi-step, enzyme-catalyzed processes where chemical substances absorbed as nutrients (or previously converted through biosynthesis) serve as enzyme substrates, with conversion by the living organism either into simpler or more complex products.
See Cholesterol and Biosynthesis
Bisphosphonate
Bisphosphonates are a class of drugs that prevent the loss of bone density, used to treat osteoporosis and similar diseases.
See Cholesterol and Bisphosphonate
Bone
A bone is a rigid organ that constitutes part of the skeleton in most vertebrate animals.
Brain
The brain is an organ that serves as the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals.
Breast milk
Breast milk (sometimes spelled as breastmilk) or mother's milk is milk produced by the mammary glands in the breast of human females.
See Cholesterol and Breast milk
Butter
Butter is a dairy product made from the fat and protein components of churned cream.
Calcium metabolism
Calcium metabolism is the movement and regulation of calcium ions (Ca2+) in (via the gut) and out (via the gut and kidneys) of the body, and between body compartments: the blood plasma, the extracellular and intracellular fluids, and bone.
See Cholesterol and Calcium metabolism
Cancer
Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body.
Cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is any disease involving the heart or blood vessels.
See Cholesterol and Cardiovascular disease
Cell membrane
The cell membrane (also known as the plasma membrane or cytoplasmic membrane, and historically referred to as the plasmalemma) is a biological membrane that separates and protects the interior of a cell from the outside environment (the extracellular space).
See Cholesterol and Cell membrane
Ceramide
Ceramides are a family of waxy lipid molecules.
Chemical polarity
In chemistry, polarity is a separation of electric charge leading to a molecule or its chemical groups having an electric dipole moment, with a negatively charged end and a positively charged end.
See Cholesterol and Chemical polarity
Chemical substance
A chemical substance is a unique form of matter with constant chemical composition and characteristic properties.
See Cholesterol and Chemical substance
Chirality (chemistry)
In chemistry, a molecule or ion is called chiral if it cannot be superposed on its mirror image by any combination of rotations, translations, and some conformational changes.
See Cholesterol and Chirality (chemistry)
Chloroform
Chloroform, or trichloromethane (often abbreviated as TCM), is an organochloride with the formula and a common solvent. Cholesterol and Chloroform are GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulators.
See Cholesterol and Chloroform
Cholesterol embolism
Cholesterol embolism occurs when cholesterol is released, usually from an atherosclerotic plaque, and travels as an embolus in the bloodstream to lodge (as an embolism) causing an obstruction in blood vessels further away.
See Cholesterol and Cholesterol embolism
Cholesterol total synthesis
Cholesterol total synthesis in chemistry describes the total synthesis of the complex biomolecule cholesterol and is considered a great scientific achievement.
See Cholesterol and Cholesterol total synthesis
Chylomicron
Chylomicrons (from the Greek χυλός, chylos, meaning juice (of plants or animals), and micron, meaning small), also known as ultra low-density lipoproteins (ULDL), are lipoprotein particles that consist of triglycerides (85–92%), phospholipids (6–12%), cholesterol (1–3%), and proteins (1–2%).
See Cholesterol and Chylomicron
Clathrin
Clathrin is a protein that plays a major role in the formation of coated vesicles.
Coprostanol
5β-Coprostanol (5β-cholestan-3β-ol) is a 27-carbon stanol formed from the net reductive metabolism of cholesterol (cholest-5en-3β-ol) in the gut of most higher animals and birds. Cholesterol and Coprostanol are Cholestanes.
See Cholesterol and Coprostanol
Corneocyte
Corneocytes are terminally differentiated keratinocytes and compose most of the stratum corneum, the outermost layer of the epidermis.
See Cholesterol and Corneocyte
Coronary artery disease
Coronary artery disease (CAD), also called coronary heart disease (CHD), ischemic heart disease (IHD), myocardial ischemia, or simply heart disease, involves the reduction of blood flow to the cardiac muscle due to build-up of atherosclerotic plaque in the arteries of the heart.
See Cholesterol and Coronary artery disease
Correlation does not imply causation
The phrase "correlation does not imply causation" refers to the inability to legitimately deduce a cause-and-effect relationship between two events or variables solely on the basis of an observed association or correlation between them.
See Cholesterol and Correlation does not imply causation
Cortisol
Cortisol is a steroid hormone in the glucocorticoid class of hormones and a stress hormone.
DASH diet
The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension or the DASH diet is a diet to control hypertension promoted by the U.S.-based National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
Demyelinating disease
A demyelinating disease refers to any disease affecting the nervous system where the myelin sheath surrounding neurons is damaged.
See Cholesterol and Demyelinating disease
Depression (mood)
Depression is a mental state of low mood and aversion to activity.
See Cholesterol and Depression (mood)
Diabetes
Diabetes mellitus, often known simply as diabetes, is a group of common endocrine diseases characterized by sustained high blood sugar levels.
Dietary supplement
A dietary supplement is a manufactured product intended to supplement a person's diet by taking a pill, capsule, tablet, powder, or liquid.
See Cholesterol and Dietary supplement
Diethyl ether
Diethyl ether, or simply ether, is an organic compound with the chemical formula, sometimes abbreviated as. Cholesterol and Diethyl ether are GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulators.
See Cholesterol and Diethyl ether
Disk (mathematics)
In geometry, a disk (also spelled disc).
See Cholesterol and Disk (mathematics)
Drug metabolism
Drug metabolism is the metabolic breakdown of drugs by living organisms, usually through specialized enzymatic systems.
See Cholesterol and Drug metabolism
Eggs as food
Humans and their hominid relatives have consumed eggs for millions of years.
See Cholesterol and Eggs as food
Emulsion
An emulsion is a mixture of two or more liquids that are normally immiscible (unmixable or unblendable) owing to liquid-liquid phase separation.
Endocytosis
Endocytosis is a cellular process in which substances are brought into the cell.
See Cholesterol and Endocytosis
Endogeny (biology)
Endogenous substances and processes are those that originate from within a living system such as an organism, tissue, or cell.
See Cholesterol and Endogeny (biology)
Endoplasmic reticulum
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a part of a transportation system of the eukaryotic cell, and has many other important functions such as protein folding.
See Cholesterol and Endoplasmic reticulum
Enterohepatic circulation
Enterohepatic circulation is the circulation of biliary acids, bilirubin, drugs or other substances from the liver to the bile, followed by entry into the small intestine, absorption by the enterocyte and transport back to the liver.
See Cholesterol and Enterohepatic circulation
Ester
In chemistry, an ester is a functional group derived from an acid (organic or inorganic) in which the hydrogen atom (H) of at least one acidic hydroxyl group of that acid is replaced by an organyl group.
Estrogen
Estrogen (oestrogen; see spelling differences) is a category of sex hormone responsible for the development and regulation of the female reproductive system and secondary sex characteristics. Cholesterol and Estrogen are sterols.
Estrogen-related receptor alpha
Estrogen-related receptor alpha (ERRα), also known as NR3B1 (nuclear receptor subfamily 3, group B, member 1), is a nuclear receptor that in humans is encoded by the ESRRA (Estrogen Related Receptor Alpha) gene.
See Cholesterol and Estrogen-related receptor alpha
Ethanol
Ethanol (also called ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol, drinking alcohol, or simply alcohol) is an organic compound with the chemical formula.
Evolution of biological complexity
The evolution of biological complexity is one important outcome of the process of evolution.
See Cholesterol and Evolution of biological complexity
Familial hypercholesterolemia
Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a genetic disorder characterized by high cholesterol levels, specifically very high levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL cholesterol), in the blood and early cardiovascular diseases.
See Cholesterol and Familial hypercholesterolemia
Farnesyl pyrophosphate
Farnesyl pyrophosphate (FPP), also known as farnesyl diphosphate (FDP), is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of terpenes and terpenoids such as sterols and carotenoids.
See Cholesterol and Farnesyl pyrophosphate
Farnesyl-diphosphate farnesyltransferase
Squalene synthase (SQS) or farnesyl-diphosphate:farnesyl-diphosphate farnesyl transferase is an enzyme localized to the membrane of the endoplasmic reticulum.
See Cholesterol and Farnesyl-diphosphate farnesyltransferase
Fasting
Fasting is abstention from eating and sometimes drinking.
Fatty acid
In chemistry, particularly in biochemistry, a fatty acid is a carboxylic acid with an aliphatic chain, which is either saturated or unsaturated.
See Cholesterol and Fatty acid
Fatty acid metabolism
Fatty acid metabolism consists of various metabolic processes involving or closely related to fatty acids, a family of molecules classified within the lipid macronutrient category.
See Cholesterol and Fatty acid metabolism
Feodor Lynen
Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen (6 April 1911 – 6 August 1979) was a German biochemist.
See Cholesterol and Feodor Lynen
Fibrate
In pharmacology, the fibrates are a class of amphipathic carboxylic acids and esters.
Fish oil
Fish oil is oil derived from the tissues of oily fish.
Flax
Flax, also known as common flax or linseed, is a flowering plant, Linum usitatissimum, in the family Linaceae.
Framingham Heart Study
The Framingham Heart Study is a long-term, ongoing cardiovascular cohort study of residents of the city of Framingham, Massachusetts.
See Cholesterol and Framingham Heart Study
François Poulletier de la Salle
Category:1719 births Category:1788 deaths Category:18th-century French chemists Category:Scientists from Lyon.
See Cholesterol and François Poulletier de la Salle
Functional food
A functional food is a food claimed to have an additional (often one related to health promotion or disease prevention) by adding new ingredients or more of existing ingredients.
See Cholesterol and Functional food
GABAA receptor
The GABAA receptor (GABAAR) is an ionotropic receptor and ligand-gated ion channel.
See Cholesterol and GABAA receptor
Gallbladder
In vertebrates, the gallbladder, also known as the cholecyst, is a small hollow organ where bile is stored and concentrated before it is released into the small intestine.
See Cholesterol and Gallbladder
Gallstone
A gallstone is a stone formed within the gallbladder from precipitated bile components.
Gastrointestinal tract
The gastrointestinal tract (GI tract, digestive tract, alimentary canal) is the tract or passageway of the digestive system that leads from the mouth to the anus. The GI tract contains all the major organs of the digestive system, in humans and other animals, including the esophagus, stomach, and intestines.
See Cholesterol and Gastrointestinal tract
Giblets
Giblets is a culinary term for the edible offal of a fowl, typically including the heart, gizzard, liver, and other organs.
Glossary of biology
This glossary of biology terms is a list of definitions of fundamental terms and concepts used in biology, the study of life and of living organisms.
See Cholesterol and Glossary of biology
Glucuronic acid
Glucuronic acid (from Greek γλεῦκος "sweet wine, must" and οὖρον "urine") is a uronic acid that was first isolated from urine (hence the name "uronic acid").
See Cholesterol and Glucuronic acid
Glycine
Glycine (symbol Gly or G) is an amino acid that has a single hydrogen atom as its side chain.
Glycoalkaloid
Glycoalkaloids are a family of chemical compounds derived from alkaloids to which sugar groups are appended.
See Cholesterol and Glycoalkaloid
Golgi apparatus
The Golgi apparatus, also known as the Golgi complex, Golgi body, or simply the Golgi, is an organelle found in most eukaryotic cells.
See Cholesterol and Golgi apparatus
Health professional
A health professional, healthcare professional, or healthcare worker (sometimes abbreviated HCW) is a provider of health care treatment and advice based on formal training and experience.
See Cholesterol and Health professional
Hepatic lipase
Hepatic lipase (HL), also called hepatic triglyceride lipase (HTGL) or LIPC (for "lipase, hepatic"), is a form of lipase, catalyzing the hydrolysis of triacylglyceride.
See Cholesterol and Hepatic lipase
Hepatocyte
A hepatocyte is a cell of the main parenchymal tissue of the liver.
See Cholesterol and Hepatocyte
Hexane
Hexane or n-hexane is an organic compound, a straight-chain alkane with six carbon atoms and the molecular formula C6H14.
High-density lipoprotein
High-density lipoprotein (HDL) is one of the five major groups of lipoproteins. Cholesterol and High-density lipoprotein are lipid disorders.
See Cholesterol and High-density lipoprotein
HMG-CoA
β-Hydroxy β-methylglutaryl-CoA (HMG-CoA), also known as 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A, is an intermediate in the mevalonate and ketogenesis pathways.
HMG-CoA reductase
HMG-CoA reductase (3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-coenzyme A reductase, official symbol HMGCR) is the rate-controlling enzyme (NADH-dependent,; NADPH-dependent) of the mevalonate pathway, the metabolic pathway that produces cholesterol and other isoprenoids.
See Cholesterol and HMG-CoA reductase
Homeostasis
In biology, homeostasis (British also homoeostasis) is the state of steady internal physical and chemical conditions maintained by living systems.
See Cholesterol and Homeostasis
Homology (biology)
In biology, homology is similarity due to shared ancestry between a pair of structures or genes in different taxa.
See Cholesterol and Homology (biology)
Hydrocarbon
In organic chemistry, a hydrocarbon is an organic compound consisting entirely of hydrogen and carbon.
See Cholesterol and Hydrocarbon
Hydrogen
Hydrogen is a chemical element; it has symbol H and atomic number 1.
Hydrophile
A hydrophile is a molecule or other molecular entity that is attracted to water molecules and tends to be dissolved by water.
See Cholesterol and Hydrophile
Hydroxy group
In chemistry, a hydroxy or hydroxyl group is a functional group with the chemical formula and composed of one oxygen atom covalently bonded to one hydrogen atom.
See Cholesterol and Hydroxy group
Hypercholesterolemia
Hypercholesterolemia, also called high cholesterol, is the presence of high levels of cholesterol in the blood.
See Cholesterol and Hypercholesterolemia
Hypertension
Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, is a long-term medical condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is persistently elevated.
See Cholesterol and Hypertension
Hyperthyroidism
Hyperthyroidism is the condition that occurs due to excessive production of thyroid hormones by the thyroid gland.
See Cholesterol and Hyperthyroidism
Hypocholesterolemia
Hypocholesterolemia is the presence of abnormally low (hypo-) levels of cholesterol in the blood (-emia). Cholesterol and Hypocholesterolemia are lipid disorders.
See Cholesterol and Hypocholesterolemia
Insulin-induced gene 1 protein
Insulin induced gene 1, also known as INSIG1, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the INSIG1 gene.
See Cholesterol and Insulin-induced gene 1 protein
Intermediate-density lipoprotein
Intermediate-density lipoproteins (IDLs) belong to the lipoprotein particle family and are formed from the degradation of very low-density lipoproteins as well as high-density lipoproteins.
See Cholesterol and Intermediate-density lipoprotein
Intracerebral hemorrhage
Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), also known as hemorrhagic stroke, is a sudden bleeding into the tissues of the brain (i.e. the parenchyma), into its ventricles, or into both.
See Cholesterol and Intracerebral hemorrhage
Inward-rectifier potassium channel
Inward-rectifier potassium channels (Kir, IRK) are a specific lipid-gated subset of potassium channels.
See Cholesterol and Inward-rectifier potassium channel
Ion channel
Ion channels are pore-forming membrane proteins that allow ions to pass through the channel pore.
See Cholesterol and Ion channel
Isopentenyl pyrophosphate
Isopentenyl pyrophosphate (IPP, isopentenyl diphosphate, or IDP) is an isoprenoid precursor.
See Cholesterol and Isopentenyl pyrophosphate
Isopropyl myristate
Isopropyl myristate (IPM) is the ester of isopropyl alcohol and myristic acid.
See Cholesterol and Isopropyl myristate
Janus-faced molecule
A Janus molecule (or Janus-faced molecule) is a molecule which can represent both beneficial and toxic effects.
See Cholesterol and Janus-faced molecule
Joseph L. Goldstein
Joseph Leonard Goldstein ForMemRS (born April 18, 1940) is an American biochemist.
See Cholesterol and Joseph L. Goldstein
Journal of Biological Chemistry
The Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC) is a weekly peer-reviewed scientific journal that was established in 1905.
See Cholesterol and Journal of Biological Chemistry
Ketone
In organic chemistry, a ketone is an organic compound with the structure, where R and R' can be a variety of carbon-containing substituents.
Kidney
In humans, the kidneys are two reddish-brown bean-shaped blood-filtering organs that are a multilobar, multipapillary form of mammalian kidneys, usually without signs of external lobulation.
Kilogram
The kilogram (also kilogramme) is the base unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI), having the unit symbol kg.
Kinase
In biochemistry, a kinase is an enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of phosphate groups from high-energy, phosphate-donating molecules to specific substrates.
Konrad Emil Bloch
Konrad Emil Bloch (21 January 1912 – 15 October 2000) was a German-American biochemist.
See Cholesterol and Konrad Emil Bloch
Lanosterol
Lanosterol is a tetracyclic triterpenoid and is the compound from which all animal and fungal steroids are derived. Cholesterol and Lanosterol are sterols.
See Cholesterol and Lanosterol
LDL receptor
The low-density lipoprotein receptor (LDL-R) is a mosaic protein of 839 amino acids (after removal of 21-amino acid signal peptide) that mediates the endocytosis of cholesterol-rich low-density lipoprotein (LDL).
See Cholesterol and LDL receptor
Lecithin
Lecithin (from the Ancient Greek λέκιθος "yolk") is a generic term to designate any group of yellow-brownish fatty substances occurring in animal and plant tissues which are amphiphilic – they attract both water and fatty substances (and so are both hydrophilic and lipophilic), and are used for smoothing food textures, emulsifying, homogenizing liquid mixtures, and repelling sticking materials.
Ligand (biochemistry)
In biochemistry and pharmacology, a ligand is a substance that forms a complex with a biomolecule to serve a biological purpose.
See Cholesterol and Ligand (biochemistry)
Lipid bilayer
The lipid bilayer (or phospholipid bilayer) is a thin polar membrane made of two layers of lipid molecules.
See Cholesterol and Lipid bilayer
Lipid hypothesis
The lipid hypothesis (also known as the cholesterol hypothesis) is a medical theory postulating a link between blood cholesterol levels and the occurrence of cardiovascular disease. Cholesterol and lipid hypothesis are lipid disorders.
See Cholesterol and Lipid hypothesis
Lipid profile
A lipid profile or lipid panel is a panel of blood tests used to find abnormalities in blood lipid (such as cholesterol and triglycerides) concentrations.
See Cholesterol and Lipid profile
Lipid raft
The plasma membranes of cells contain combinations of glycosphingolipids, cholesterol and protein receptors organised in glycolipoprotein lipid microdomains termed lipid rafts.
See Cholesterol and Lipid raft
Lipid-lowering agent
Lipid-lowering agents, also sometimes referred to as hypolipidemic agents, cholesterol-lowering drugs, or antihyperlipidemic agents are a diverse group of pharmaceuticals that are used to lower the level of lipids and lipoproteins, such as cholesterol, in the blood (hyperlipidemia).
See Cholesterol and Lipid-lowering agent
Lipoprotein
A lipoprotein is a biochemical assembly whose primary function is to transport hydrophobic lipid (also known as fat) molecules in water, as in blood plasma or other extracellular fluids.
See Cholesterol and Lipoprotein
Lipoprotein lipase
Lipoprotein lipase (LPL) (EC 3.1.1.34, systematic name triacylglycerol acylhydrolase (lipoprotein-dependent)) is a member of the lipase gene family, which includes pancreatic lipase, hepatic lipase, and endothelial lipase.
See Cholesterol and Lipoprotein lipase
Liquid crystal
Liquid crystal (LC) is a state of matter whose properties are between those of conventional liquids and those of solid crystals.
See Cholesterol and Liquid crystal
Liquid-crystal display
A liquid-crystal display (LCD) is a flat-panel display or other electronically modulated optical device that uses the light-modulating properties of liquid crystals combined with polarizers.
See Cholesterol and Liquid-crystal display
List of cholesterol in foods
This list consists of common foods with their cholesterol content recorded in milligrams per 100 grams (3.5 ounces) of food. Cholesterol and list of cholesterol in foods are nutrition.
See Cholesterol and List of cholesterol in foods
Litre
The litre (British English spelling) or liter (American English spelling) (SI symbols L and l, other symbol used: ℓ) is a metric unit of volume. It is equal to 1 cubic decimetre (dm3), 1000 cubic centimetres (cm3) or 0.001 cubic metres (m3). A cubic decimetre (or litre) occupies a volume of (see figure) and is thus equal to one-thousandth of a cubic metre.
Liver
The liver is a major metabolic organ exclusively found in vertebrate animals, which performs many essential biological functions such as detoxification of the organism, and the synthesis of proteins and various other biochemicals necessary for digestion and growth.
Low-density lipoprotein
Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) is one of the five major groups of lipoprotein that transport all fat molecules around the body in extracellular water. Cholesterol and Low-density lipoprotein are lipid disorders.
See Cholesterol and Low-density lipoprotein
Lysosomal lipase
Lysosomal lipase is a form of lipase which functions intracellularly, in the lysosomes.
See Cholesterol and Lysosomal lipase
Lysosome
A lysosome is a single membrane-bound organelle found in many animal cells.
Macrophage
Macrophages (abbreviated Mφ, MΦ or MP) are a type of white blood cell of the innate immune system that engulf and digest pathogens, such as cancer cells, microbes, cellular debris, and foreign substances, which do not have proteins that are specific to healthy body cells on their surface.
See Cholesterol and Macrophage
Medication
A medication (also called medicament, medicine, pharmaceutical drug, medicinal drug or simply drug) is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease.
See Cholesterol and Medication
Mediterranean diet
The Mediterranean diet is a diet inspired by the eating habits and traditional food typical of southern Spain, southern Italy, and Crete, and formulated in the early 1960s.
See Cholesterol and Mediterranean diet
Membrane fluidity
In biology, membrane fluidity refers to the viscosity of the lipid bilayer of a cell membrane or a synthetic lipid membrane.
See Cholesterol and Membrane fluidity
Metabolic pathway
In biochemistry, a metabolic pathway is a linked series of chemical reactions occurring within a cell.
See Cholesterol and Metabolic pathway
Methanol
Methanol (also called methyl alcohol and wood spirit, amongst other names) is an organic chemical compound and the simplest aliphatic alcohol, with the chemical formula (a methyl group linked to a hydroxyl group, often abbreviated as MeOH). Cholesterol and Methanol are GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulators.
Methyl group
In organic chemistry, a methyl group is an alkyl derived from methane, containing one carbon atom bonded to three hydrogen atoms, having chemical formula (whereas normal methane has the formula). In formulas, the group is often abbreviated as Me.
See Cholesterol and Methyl group
Mevalonate pathway
The mevalonate pathway, also known as the isoprenoid pathway or HMG-CoA reductase pathway is an essential metabolic pathway present in eukaryotes, archaea, and some bacteria.
See Cholesterol and Mevalonate pathway
Mevalonic acid
Mevalonic acid (MVA) is a key organic compound in biochemistry; the name is a contraction of dihydroxymethylvalerolactone.
See Cholesterol and Mevalonic acid
Michael Stuart Brown
Michael Stuart Brown ForMemRS NAS AAA&S APS (born April 13, 1941) is an American geneticist and Nobel laureate.
See Cholesterol and Michael Stuart Brown
Michel Eugène Chevreul
Michel Eugène Chevreul (31 August 1786 – 9 April 1889) was a French chemist whose work contributed to significant developments in science, medicine, and art.
See Cholesterol and Michel Eugène Chevreul
Mole (unit)
The mole (symbol mol) is a unit of measurement, the base unit in the International System of Units (SI) for amount of substance, a quantity proportional to the number of elementary entities of a substance.
See Cholesterol and Mole (unit)
Monoclonal antibody therapy
Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) have varied therapeutic uses.
See Cholesterol and Monoclonal antibody therapy
Multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease in which the insulating covers of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord are damaged.
See Cholesterol and Multiple sclerosis
Muscle
Muscle is a soft tissue, one of the four basic types of animal tissue.
Mutase
A mutase is an enzyme of the isomerase class that catalyzes the movement of a functional group from one position to another within the same molecule.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb), also known as Koch's bacillus, is a species of pathogenic bacteria in the family Mycobacteriaceae and the causative agent of tuberculosis.
See Cholesterol and Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Mycoplasma
Mycoplasma is a genus of bacteria that, like the other members of the class Mollicutes, lack a cell wall, and its peptidoglycan, around their cell membrane.
See Cholesterol and Mycoplasma
Myelin
Myelin is a lipid-rich material that surrounds nerve cell axons (the nervous system's electrical wires) to insulate them and increase the rate at which electrical impulses (called action potentials) pass along the axon.
Myocardial infarction
A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops in one of the coronary arteries of the heart, causing infarction (tissue death) to the heart muscle.
See Cholesterol and Myocardial infarction
National Cholesterol Education Program
The National Cholesterol Education Program is a program managed by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, a division of the National Institutes of Health.
See Cholesterol and National Cholesterol Education Program
Neuron
A neuron, neurone, or nerve cell is an excitable cell that fires electric signals called action potentials across a neural network in the nervous system.
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) is a coenzyme central to metabolism.
See Cholesterol and Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate, abbreviated NADP or, in older notation, TPN (triphosphopyridine nucleotide), is a cofactor used in anabolic reactions, such as the Calvin cycle and lipid and nucleic acid syntheses, which require NADPH as a reducing agent ('hydrogen source').
See Cholesterol and Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, or nAChRs, are receptor polypeptides that respond to the neurotransmitter acetylcholine.
See Cholesterol and Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor
Niemann–Pick disease
Niemann–Pick disease (NP), also known as acid sphingomyelinase deficiency, is a group of rare genetic diseases of varying severity. These are inherited metabolic disorders in which sphingomyelin accumulates in lysosomes in cells of many organs. NP types A, A/B, and B are caused by mutations in the SMPD1 gene, which causes a deficiency of an acid sphingomyelinase (ASM).
See Cholesterol and Niemann–Pick disease
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin) is awarded yearly by the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute for outstanding discoveries in physiology or medicine.
See Cholesterol and Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Oxidosqualene cyclase
Oxidosqualene cyclases (OSC) are enzymes involved in cyclization reactions of 2,3-oxidosqualene to form sterols or triterpenes.
See Cholesterol and Oxidosqualene cyclase
Oxycholesterol
Oxycholesterol or 5,6-epoxycholesterol is a form of oxidized cholesterol implicated in atherosclerosis. Cholesterol and Oxycholesterol are sterols.
See Cholesterol and Oxycholesterol
Oxysterol
An oxysterol is a derivative of cholesterol obtained by oxidation involving enzymes and / or pro-oxidants. Cholesterol and oxysterol are sterols.
Palmitoylation
Palmitoylation is the covalent attachment of fatty acids, such as palmitic acid, to cysteine (S-palmitoylation) and less frequently to serine and threonine (O-palmitoylation) residues of proteins, which are typically membrane proteins.
See Cholesterol and Palmitoylation
PCSK9
Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) is an enzyme encoded by the PCSK9 gene in humans on chromosome 1.
Peanut
The peanut (Arachis hypogaea), also known as the groundnut, goober (US), goober pea, pindar (US) or monkey nut (UK), is a legume crop grown mainly for its edible seeds.
Peripheral artery disease
Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a vascular disorder that causes abnormal narrowing of arteries other than those that supply the heart or brain.
See Cholesterol and Peripheral artery disease
Phosphatidylcholine
Phosphatidylcholines (PC) are a class of phospholipids that incorporate choline as a headgroup.
See Cholesterol and Phosphatidylcholine
Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate
Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate or PtdIns(4,5)P2, also known simply as PIP2 or PI(4,5)P2, is a minor phospholipid component of cell membranes.
See Cholesterol and Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate
Phospholipase D
Phospholipase D (EC 3.1.4.4, lipophosphodiesterase II, lecithinase D, choline phosphatase, PLD; systematic name phosphatidylcholine phosphatidohydrolase) is an enzyme of the phospholipase superfamily that catalyses the following reaction Phospholipases occur widely, and can be found in a wide range of organisms, including bacteria, yeast, plants, animals, and viruses.
See Cholesterol and Phospholipase D
Phospholipid
Phospholipids are a class of lipids whose molecule has a hydrophilic "head" containing a phosphate group and two hydrophobic "tails" derived from fatty acids, joined by an alcohol residue (usually a glycerol molecule).
See Cholesterol and Phospholipid
Phytosterol
Phytosterols are phytosteroids, similar to cholesterol, that serve as structural components of biological membranes of plants.
See Cholesterol and Phytosterol
PLD2
Phospholipase D2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PLD2 gene.
Polyunsaturated fat
In biochemistry and nutrition, a polyunsaturated fat is a fat that contains a polyunsaturated fatty acid (abbreviated PUFA), which is a subclass of fatty acid characterized by a backbone with two or more carbon–carbon double bonds. Cholesterol and polyunsaturated fat are nutrition.
See Cholesterol and Polyunsaturated fat
Precursor (chemistry)
In chemistry, a precursor is a compound that participates in a chemical reaction that produces another compound.
See Cholesterol and Precursor (chemistry)
Preventive healthcare
Preventive healthcare, or prophylaxis, is the application of healthcare measures to prevent diseases.
See Cholesterol and Preventive healthcare
Progesterone
Progesterone (P4) is an endogenous steroid and progestogen sex hormone involved in the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, and embryogenesis of humans and other species. Cholesterol and Progesterone are GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulators and Neurosteroids.
See Cholesterol and Progesterone
Prokaryote
A prokaryote (less commonly spelled procaryote) is a single-cell organism whose cell lacks a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles.
See Cholesterol and Prokaryote
Proteasome
Proteasomes are protein complexes which degrade ubiquitin-tagged proteins by proteolysis, a chemical reaction that breaks peptide bonds.
See Cholesterol and Proteasome
Protein
Proteins are large biomolecules and macromolecules that comprise one or more long chains of amino acid residues.
Receptor (biochemistry)
In biochemistry and pharmacology, receptors are chemical structures, composed of protein, that receive and transduce signals that may be integrated into biological systems.
See Cholesterol and Receptor (biochemistry)
Red meat
In gastronomy, red meat is commonly red when raw (and a dark color after it is cooked), in contrast to white meat, which is pale in color before (and after) cooking.
Remnant cholesterol
Remnant cholesterol, also known as remnant lipoprotein, is a very atherogenic lipoprotein composed primarily of very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) and intermediate-density lipoprotein (IDL). Cholesterol and remnant cholesterol are lipid disorders.
See Cholesterol and Remnant cholesterol
Reverse cholesterol transport
Reverse cholesterol transport is a multi-step process resulting in the net movement of cholesterol from peripheral tissues back to the liver first via entering the lymphatic system, then the bloodstream.
See Cholesterol and Reverse cholesterol transport
Saturated fat
A saturated fat is a type of fat in which the fatty acid chains have all single bonds between the carbon atoms. Cholesterol and saturated fat are nutrition.
See Cholesterol and Saturated fat
Schwann cell
Schwann cells or neurolemmocytes (named after German physiologist Theodor Schwann) are the principal glia of the peripheral nervous system (PNS).
See Cholesterol and Schwann cell
Sex organ
A sex organ, also known as a reproductive organ, is a part of an organism that is involved in sexual reproduction.
Small intestine
The small intestine or small bowel is an organ in the gastrointestinal tract where most of the absorption of nutrients from food takes place.
See Cholesterol and Small intestine
Smith–Lemli–Opitz syndrome
Smith–Lemli–Opitz syndrome is an inborn error of cholesterol synthesis.
See Cholesterol and Smith–Lemli–Opitz syndrome
Sodium
Sodium is a chemical element; it has symbol Na (from Neo-Latin natrium) and atomic number 11.
Space-filling model
In chemistry, a space-filling model, also known as a calotte model, is a type of three-dimensional (3D) molecular model where the atoms are represented by spheres whose radii are proportional to the radii of the atoms and whose center-to-center distances are proportional to the distances between the atomic nuclei, all in the same scale.
See Cholesterol and Space-filling model
Sphingolipid
Sphingolipids are a class of lipids containing a backbone of sphingoid bases, which are a set of aliphatic amino alcohols that includes sphingosine.
See Cholesterol and Sphingolipid
Spinal cord
The spinal cord is a long, thin, tubular structure made up of nervous tissue that extends from the medulla oblongata in the brainstem to the lumbar region of the vertebral column (backbone) of vertebrate animals.
See Cholesterol and Spinal cord
Squalene
Squalene is an organic compound.
SREBP cleavage-activating protein
Sterol regulatory element-binding protein cleavage-activating protein, also known as SREBP cleavage-activating protein or SCAP, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SCAP gene.
See Cholesterol and SREBP cleavage-activating protein
Stanol ester
Stanol esters is a heterogeneous group of chemical compounds known to reduce the level of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol in blood when ingested, though to a much lesser degree than prescription drugs such as statins.
See Cholesterol and Stanol ester
Statin
Statins (or HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors) are a class of medications that reduce illness and mortality in people who are at high risk of cardiovascular disease.
Stereoisomerism
In stereochemistry, stereoisomerism, or spatial isomerism, is a form of isomerism in which molecules have the same molecular formula and sequence of bonded atoms (constitution), but differ in the three-dimensional orientations of their atoms in space.
See Cholesterol and Stereoisomerism
Steroid
A steroid is an organic compound with four fused rings (designated A, B, C, and D) arranged in a specific molecular configuration.
Steroid hormone
A steroid hormone is a steroid that acts as a hormone.
See Cholesterol and Steroid hormone
Sterol
Sterol is an organic compound with formula, whose molecule is derived from that of gonane by replacement of a hydrogen atom on C3 position by a hydroxyl group. Cholesterol and Sterol are sterols.
Sterol regulatory element-binding protein
Sterol regulatory element-binding proteins (SREBPs) are transcription factors that bind to the sterol regulatory element DNA sequence TCACNCCAC.
See Cholesterol and Sterol regulatory element-binding protein
Stroke
Stroke (also known as a cerebrovascular accident (CVA) or brain attack) is a medical condition in which poor blood flow to the brain causes cell death.
Substrate presentation
Substrate presentation is a biological process that activates a protein.
See Cholesterol and Substrate presentation
Suffix
In linguistics, a suffix is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word.
Sulfate
The sulfate or sulphate ion is a polyatomic anion with the empirical formula.
Taurine
Taurine, or 2-aminoethanesulfonic acid, is a non-proteinogenic naturally occurred amino sulfonic acid that is widely distributed in animal tissues.
Testosterone
Testosterone is the primary male sex hormone and androgen in males. Cholesterol and Testosterone are GABAA receptor positive allosteric modulators.
See Cholesterol and Testosterone
Tetracyclic
Tetracyclics are cyclic chemical compounds that contain four fused rings of atoms, for example, Tröger's base.
See Cholesterol and Tetracyclic
Thermometer
A thermometer is a device that measures temperature (the degree of hotness or coldness of an object) or temperature gradient (the rates of change of temperature in space).
See Cholesterol and Thermometer
Tissue (biology)
In biology, tissue is an assembly of similar cells and their extracellular matrix from the same embryonic origin that together carry out a specific function.
See Cholesterol and Tissue (biology)
Transcription (biology)
Transcription is the process of copying a segment of DNA into RNA.
See Cholesterol and Transcription (biology)
Transcription factor
In molecular biology, a transcription factor (TF) (or sequence-specific DNA-binding factor) is a protein that controls the rate of transcription of genetic information from DNA to messenger RNA, by binding to a specific DNA sequence.
See Cholesterol and Transcription factor
Triglyceride
A triglyceride (from tri- and glyceride; also TG, triacylglycerol, TAG, or triacylglyceride) is an ester derived from glycerol and three fatty acids. Cholesterol and triglyceride are lipid disorders.
See Cholesterol and Triglyceride
United States Department of Agriculture
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is an executive department of the United States federal government that aims to meet the needs of commercial farming and livestock food production, promotes agricultural trade and production, works to assure food safety, protects natural resources, fosters rural communities and works to end hunger in the United States and internationally.
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United States Department of Health and Human Services
The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is a cabinet-level executive branch department of the U.S. federal government created to protect the health of the U.S. people and providing essential human services.
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Vein
Veins are blood vessels in the circulatory system of humans and most other animals that carry blood towards the heart.
Vertebrate
Vertebrates are deuterostomal animals with bony or cartilaginous axial endoskeleton — known as the vertebral column, spine or backbone — around and along the spinal cord, including all fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.
See Cholesterol and Vertebrate
Very low-density lipoprotein
Very-low-density lipoprotein (VLDL), density relative to extracellular water, is a type of lipoprotein made by the liver.
See Cholesterol and Very low-density lipoprotein
Vitamin D
Vitamin D is a group of fat-soluble secosteroids responsible for increasing intestinal absorption of calcium, magnesium, and phosphate, and for many other biological effects.
Water
Water is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula.
Yolk
Among animals which produce eggs, the yolk (also known as the vitellus) is the nutrient-bearing portion of the egg whose primary function is to supply food for the development of the embryo.
See also
Cholestanes
- 20α,22R-Dihydroxycholesterol
- 22R-Hydroxycholesterol
- 24-Isopropylcholestane
- 24-n-Propylcholestane
- 24S-Hydroxycholesterol
- 25-Hydroxycholesterol
- 27-Hydroxycholesterol
- 7α-Hydroxy-4-cholesten-3-one
- 7-Dehydrocholesterol
- 7-Dehydrodesmosterol
- Acebrochol
- Brassicasterol
- Cholestane
- Cholestene
- Cholestenol
- Cholesterol
- Cholesterol signaling
- Cholesterol sulfate
- Cholesteryl benzoate
- Cholesteryl chloride
- Cholesteryl nonanoate
- Cholesteryl oleyl carbonate
- Coprostane
- Coprostanol
- Desmosterol
- Dinosterane
- Iodocholesterol
- Lathosterol
- MK-386
- Olesoxime
- Squalamine
- Sterane
- Trodusquemine
- Zymosterol
Lipid disorders
- Acetiromate
- Blood lipids
- Cholesterol
- Combined hyperlipidemia
- Dyslipidemia
- High-density lipoprotein
- Hyperlipidemia
- Hypocholesterolemia
- Hypolipoproteinemia
- Lipid hypothesis
- Lipid metabolism disorders
- Lipid storage disorders
- Lipoprotein(a)
- Low-density lipoprotein
- Remnant cholesterol
- Triglyceride
- Trimethylamine N-oxide
Receptor agonists
- Acifran
- Adrenergic receptor agonists
- Agonist
- Calcimimetic
- Cannabinoid receptor agonists
- Cholesterol
- Cholinergics
- DA-1241
- Dopamine agonists
- Endogenous agonist
- Estrogens
- Histamine agonists
- Inverse agonist
- Irreversible agonist
- LBT-3627
- Lipomannan
- Melatonin receptor agonists
- Orexin receptor agonists
- Oxytocin receptor agonists
- PL-3994
- Physiological agonism and antagonism
- Polydiscamide B
- Progestogens
- Purmorphamine
- Recombinant human parathyroid hormone
- Serotonin receptor agonists
- Smoothened agonist
- Superagonist
- TAAR1 agonists
- Tavilermide
- Thrombopoietin receptor agonists
- Zelatriazin
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