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Amiodarone disrupts cholesterol biosynthesis pathway and causes accumulation of circulating desmosterol by inhibiting 24‐dehydrocholesterol reductase

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We have earlier reported that amiodarone, a potent and commonly used antiarrhythmic drug increases serum desmosterol, the last precursor of cholesterol, in 20 cardiac patients by an unknown mechanism. Click to show full abstract

We have earlier reported that amiodarone, a potent and commonly used antiarrhythmic drug increases serum desmosterol, the last precursor of cholesterol, in 20 cardiac patients by an unknown mechanism.

Keywords: biosynthesis pathway; desmosterol; amiodarone disrupts; pathway causes; cholesterol biosynthesis; disrupts cholesterol

Journal Title: Journal of Internal Medicine
Year Published: 2020

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