Retinoids have a wide variety of biological functions and have been recently shown to regulate cholesterol transport, bile acid synthesis and cholesterol absorption. These findings indicate a new line of mechanisms to control cholesterol homeostasis.
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Tall, A., Costet, P. & Luo, Y. ‘Orphans’ meet cholesterol. Nat Med 6, 1104–1105 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/80433
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