"Lanosterol" 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.
A triterpene that derives from the chair-boat-chair-boat folding of 2,3-oxidosqualene. It is metabolized to CHOLESTEROL and CUCURBITACINS.
| Descriptor ID |
D007810
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.849.919.383 D04.210.500.247.222.222.347.557 D04.210.500.247.808.607 D10.570.938.590
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| Concept/Terms |
Lanosterol- Lanosterol
- 4,4,14 alpha-trimethyl-5 alpha-cholesta-8,24-dien-3 beta-ol
- Kryptosterol
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lanosterol" by people in Profiles.
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Das A, Alshareef M, Henderson F, Martinez Santos JL, Vandergrift WA, Lindhorst SM, Varma AK, Infinger L, Patel SJ, Cachia D. Ganoderic acid A/DM-induced NDRG2 over-expression suppresses high-grade meningioma growth. Clin Transl Oncol. 2020 Jul; 22(7):1138-1145.
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Tamboli IY, Prager K, Thal DR, Thelen KM, Dewachter I, Pietrzik CU, St George-Hyslop P, Sisodia SS, De Strooper B, Heneka MT, Filippov MA, M?ller U, van Leuven F, L?tjohann D, Walter J. Loss of gamma-secretase function impairs endocytosis of lipoprotein particles and membrane cholesterol homeostasis. J Neurosci. 2008 Nov 12; 28(46):12097-106.