e/Cholesterol Depletion

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has gloss	eng: Cholesterol depletion is when cholesterol levels in the body have been artificially lowered too far. Natural low cholesterol levels and associated clinical symptoms are defined as the hypocholesterolemia. Medically induced hypocholesterolemia is increasingly associated in the elderly with long-term statin use. The inhibition of de novo cholesterol is associated with functional failure of cholesterol-rich lipid rafts in processes such as exocytosis and endocytosis.
lexicalization	eng: Cholesterol depletion
instance of	(noun) any of a group of natural steroid alcohols derived from plants or animals; they are waxy insoluble substances steroid alcohol, sterol

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media:img	Beta cell EM SolimenaLab.jpg
media:img	Lipid raft organisation scheme.svg
media:img	Myelinated neuron.jpg
media:img	Space-Filling Model Sphingomyelin and Cholesterol.jpg