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Although cholesterol is an essential and necessary component for biological systems; inappropriate accumulation of cholesterol in blood vessels and intracellular territory is also detrimental to living things. On one hand, cholesterol is the acting precursor of many metabolic regulators, a component of the structural veracity and scaffold fluidity of biomembranes, an insulator of electrical transmission in nerves and many more; on the other hand, its deposition in blood vessels induces atherosclerotic plaque and cardiovascular complications with the consequences of heart attack and stroke. It is also an emerging fact that cholesterol is a prelate in the cell nucleus for cell proliferation and any oddity in this venture may be the cause of tumorigenesis. Hence, cholesterol homeostasis is a very crucial element in issues of health management. Cholesterol is now a global target for maintaining quality health, particularly to control the two giants of the present world health tragedy: atherosclerosis and carcinoma, which appear to be the two facets of dysfunctional cholesterol homeostasis. © 2020 Wiley Periodicals LLC.

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Nimai C Chandra. Atherosclerosis and carcinoma: Two facets of dysfunctional cholesterol homeostasis. Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology. 2020 Dec;34(12):e22595

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