Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Regulates Cholesterol Metabolism for Synapse Development
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Brain-derived neurotrophic factor regulates cholesterol metabolism for synapse development.
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) exerts multiple biological functions in the CNS. Although BDNF can control transcription and protein synthesis, it still remains open to question whether BDNF regulates lipid biosynthesis. Here we show that BDNF elicits cholesterol biosynthesis in cultured cortical and hippocampal neurons. Importantly, BDNF elicited cholesterol synthesis in neurons, but ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neuroscience
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0270-6474,1529-2401
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0690-07.2007