Questions:
1. Cholesterol is a type of sterol, which is a class of organic compounds with the formula C17H28O. Cholesterol is a zoosterol because it’s found in animals. Name the mycosterol that performs a role similar to cholesterol but in fungi.
2. Name the class of drugs that reduce cholesterol levels in the blood, to lower the risk of cardiovascular disease, by acting on a pathway that constitutes the first 18 steps of the 37-step process the human body uses to make cholesterol.
3. Under the influence of ___________ _____, the body turns cholesterol in a series of steps into calcitriol, an active form of vitamin D made in the kidneys. Fill in the blanks.
4. The human body has a mechanism to recycle cholesterol, beginning with its excretion from the liver and eventual reabsorption into the bloodstream in the X. Name X.
5. Because it can’t cross the _____-_____ _______, cholesterol in the brain is made and transported by cells called astrocytes. Fill in the blanks.
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Name this American biochemist who helped discover the role cholesterol plays in causing heart disease, sharing the medicine Nobel Prize in 1985 for this work.
Answers:
1. Ergosterol
2. Statins
3. Ultraviolet light
4. Small intestine
5. Astrocytes
Visual: Joseph Goldstein
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