ReviewNature immunology2013
Sterols and oxysterols in immune cell function.
Review in Nature immunology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 175 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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175 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 291 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Cholesterol metabolism and cancer: Molecular mechanisms, immune regulation and an epidemiological perspective (Review).International journal of molecular medicine · 2025Review
- Autoimmune disease risk gene ANKRD55 promotes TH17 effector function through metabolic modulation.The Journal of experimental medicine · 2025Article
- Risk factors associated with return sepsis admission following emergency department discharge with infection.The American journal of emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Altered Lipid Metabolism in CNS Demyelination and Remyelination Are Key Elements Driving Progressive MS.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- 25-hydroxysterol mitigates microgravity-induced retinal damage by suppressing microglial inflammation through disrupting lipid raft formation.NPJ microgravity · 2025Article
- 25-Hydroxycholesterol modulates microglial function and exacerbates Alzheimer's disease pathology: mechanistic insights and therapeutic potential of cholesterol esterification inhibition.Journal of neuroinflammation · 2025Article
- Investigating the causal relationship between the plasma lipidome and cholangiocarcinoma mediated by immune cells: a mediation Mendelian randomization study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
Intermediates in the cholesterol-biosynthetic pathway and oxysterol derivatives of cholesterol regulate diverse cellular processes. Recent studies have expanded the appreciation of their roles in controlling the functions of cells of the innate and adaptive immune systems. Here we review recent literature reporting on the biological functions of sterol intermediates and oxysterols, acting through transcription factors such as the liver X receptors (LXRs), sterol regulatory element-binding proteins (SREBPs) and the G protein-coupled receptor EBI2, in regulating the differentiation and population expansion of cells of the innate and adaptive immune systems, their responses to inflammatory mediators, their effects on the phagocytic functions of macrophages and their effects on antiviral activities and the migration of immune cells. Such findings have raised many new questions about the production of endogenous bioactive sterols and oxysterols and their mechanisms of action in the immune system.
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