Lipid rafts: heterogeneity on the high seas

LJ Pike - Biochemical Journal, 2004 - portlandpress.com
Lipid rafts are membrane microdomains that are enriched in cholesterol and
glycosphingolipids. They have been implicated in processes as diverse as signal …

Anticancer steroids: linking natural and semi-synthetic compounds

JAR Salvador, JFS Carvalho, MAC Neves… - Natural product …, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to 2012 Steroids, a widespread class of natural organic compounds occurring
in animals, plants and fungi, have shown great therapeutic value for a broad array of …

Cholesterol stabilizes TAZ in hepatocytes to promote experimental non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

X Wang, B Cai, X Yang, OO Sonubi, ZE Zheng… - Cell metabolism, 2020 - cell.com
Incomplete understanding of how hepatosteatosis transitions to fibrotic non-alcoholic
steatohepatitis (NASH) has limited therapeutic options. Two molecules that are elevated in …

Elevated levels of cholesterol-rich lipid rafts in cancer cells are correlated with apoptosis sensitivity induced by cholesterol-depleting agents

YC Li, MJ Park, SK Ye, CW Kim, YN Kim - The American journal of …, 2006 - Elsevier
Lipid rafts/caveolae are membrane platforms for signaling molecules that regulate various
cellular functions, including cell survival. To better understand the role of rafts in tumor …

Lipid rafts, caveolae, and their endocytosis

P Lajoie, IR Nabi - International review of cell and molecular biology, 2010 - Elsevier
Lipid rafts are plasma membrane microdomains enriched in cholesterol and sphingolipids
that are involved in the lateral compartmentalization of molecules at the cell surface …

Oxysterols are allosteric activators of the oncoprotein Smoothened

S Nachtergaele, LK Mydock, K Krishnan… - Nature chemical …, 2012 - nature.com
Oxysterols are a class of endogenous signaling molecules that can activate the Hedgehog
pathway, which has critical roles in development, regeneration and cancer. However, it has …

Lipid raft: A floating island of death or survival

KS George, S Wu - Toxicology and applied pharmacology, 2012 - Elsevier
Lipid rafts are microdomains of the plasma membrane enriched in cholesterol and
sphingolipids, and play an important role in the initiation of many pharmacological agent …

Enrichment of endoplasmic reticulum with cholesterol inhibits sarcoplasmic-endoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase-2b activity in parallel with increased order of …

Y Li, M Ge, L Ciani, G Kuriakose, EJ Westover… - Journal of Biological …, 2004 - ASBMB
Macrophages in advanced atherosclerotic lesions accumulate large amounts of unesterified,
or" free," cholesterol (FC). FC accumulation induces macrophage apoptosis, which likely …

Regulation of raft‐dependent endocytosis

P Lajoie, IR Nabi - Journal of cellular and molecular medicine, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
• Introduction• Raft‐dependent endocytosis encompasses various pathways• Cav1 and the
regulation of raft‐dependent endocytosis• Signaling and raft‐dependent endocytosis• …

[HTML][HTML] Growth factor receptors, lipid rafts and caveolae: an evolving story

LJ Pike - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular Cell …, 2005 - Elsevier
Growth factor receptors have been shown to be localized to lipid rafts and caveolae.
Consistent with a role for these cholesterol-enriched membrane domains in growth factor …