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The impact of mitochondrial oxidative stress on bile acid-like molecules in C. elegans provides a new perspective on human metabolic diseases

C. elegans is a model used to study cholesterol metabolism and the functions of its metabolites. Several studies have reported that, in worms, cholesterol is not a structural component of the membrane as it is in vertebrates. However, as in other animals, it is used for the synthesis of steroid horm...

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Autores principales: Liu, Ju-Ling, Hekimi, Siegfried
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Landes Bioscience 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3670457/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24058856
http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/worm.21457