Cholesterol metabolites exported from human brain

•Flux of more than 20 sterols into and out from human brain measured.•24S-hydroxycholesterol confirmed to be exported from brain at about 2–3 mg/24 h.•Other sterols exported from brain include 5α-hydroxy-6-oxo-, 7β-hydroxy- and 7-oxo-cholesterol.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Iuliano, Luigi, Crick, Peter J., Zerbinati, Chiara, Tritapepe, Luigi, Abdel-Khalik, Jonas, Poirot, Marc, Wang, Yuqin, Griffiths, William J.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4503873/