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Cholesterol Depletion and Genistein as Tools to Promote F508delCFTR Retention at the Plasma Membrane
Author(s) -
Christina H. Lim,
Marcel J. C. Bijvelds,
Alex L. Nigg,
Kees Schoonderwoerd,
Adriaan B. Houtsmuller,
Hugo de Jonge,
Ben C. Tilly
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
cellular physiology and biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.486
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1421-9778
pISSN - 1015-8987
DOI - 10.1159/000107531
Subject(s) - filipin , forskolin , endocytosis , beta cyclodextrins , cholesterol , genistein , chemistry , vesicle , phosphatidylcholine , intracellular , efflux , microbiology and biotechnology , biochemistry , cyclodextrin , biophysics , endocrinology , biology , membrane , cell , in vitro , phospholipid
F508delCFTR-, but not wtCFTR-, expressing fibroblasts resemble Niemann Pick type C cells in the massive intracellular accumulation of free cholesterol. The recruitment and activation of F508delCFTR by cholesterol depletion was studied.

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