Title : Mitochondrial damage and cholesterol storage in human hepatocellular carcinoma cells with silencing of UBIAD1 gene expression.

Pub. Date : 2014

PMID : 27896114






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1 Heterozygous mutations in the UBIAD1 gene cause Schnyder corneal dystrophy characterized by abnormal cholesterol and phospholipid deposits in the cornea. Cholesterol UbiA prenyltransferase domain containing 1 Homo sapiens
2 Our study shows that silencing UBIAD1 in cultured human hepatocellular carcinoma cells causes dramatic morphological changes and cholesterol storage in the mitochondria, emphasizing an important role of UBIAD1 in mitochondrial function. Cholesterol UbiA prenyltransferase domain containing 1 Homo sapiens