• 1 Signaling Molecules Derived from the Cholesterol Biosynthetic Pathway.- 2 Coordinate Regulation of Cholesterol 7?-Hydroxylase and HMG-CoA Reductase in the Liver.- 3 Polyprenyl Diphosphate Synthases.- 4 Antifungal Sterol Biosynthesis Inhibitors.- 5 The Smith-Lemli-Opitz Syndrome: A Potentially Fatal Birth Defect Caused by a Block in the Last Enzymatic Step in Cholesterol Biosynthesis.- 6 Has Nature Designed the Cholesterol Side Chain for Optimal Interaction with Phospholipids?.- 7 Cholesterol and Myelin.- 8 Regulation of Mitochondrial Cholesterol Metabolism.- 9 Lipoproteins and Cellular Cholesterol Homeostasis.- 10 Cholesterol-Sphingomyelin Interactions in Cells—Effects on Lipid Metabolism.- 11 Mechanisms and (Patho)Physiological Significance of Biliary Cholesterol Secretion.- 12 Cholesterol Deposition in Atherosclerotic Lesions.- 13 Cholesterol Metabolism and Tumor Cell Proliferation.- 14 Biological Implications of the Niemann-Pick C Mutation.- 15 Sitosterolemia.- 16 Cholesterol Cytochemistry in Cell Biology and Disease.- 17 Approaches for the Design of Novel Anti-Atherogenic Compounds.

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