The cholesterol transporter NPC1 is essential for epigenetic regulation and maturation of oligodendrocyte lineage cells

Abstract The intracellular cholesterol transporter NPC1 functions in late endosomes and lysosomes to efflux unesterified cholesterol, and its deficiency causes Niemann–Pick disease Type C, an autosomal recessive lysosomal disorder characterized by progressive neurodegeneration and early death. Here,...

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Main Authors: Thaddeus J. Kunkel, Alice Townsend, Kyle A. Sullivan, Jean Merlet, Edward H. Schuchman, Daniel A. Jacobson, Andrew P. Lieberman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39733-6