title: ACAT2 is localized to hepatocytes and is the major cholesterol-esterifying enzyme in human liver.
authors.affiliation: Metabolism Unit, Center for Metabolism and Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Novum, Karolinska Institute at Huddinge University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden.
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Parini
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: Aaron T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Lada
authors.forename: Sandra K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Erickson
authors.forename: Teresa L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: Ulf
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Gustafsson
authors.forename: Staffan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sahlin
authors.forename: Curt
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Einarsson
authors.forename: Mats
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eriksson
authors.forename: Bo
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Angelin
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tomoda
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Omura
authors.forename: Mark C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Willingham
authors.forename: Lawrence L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Rudel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured / Q000201:enzymology; D002648:Child; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D002764:Cholecystitis / Q000201:enzymology; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000378:metabolism*; D002788:Cholesterol Esters / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000494:pharmacology; D004790:Enzyme Induction; D005260:Female; D022781:Hepatocytes / Q000201:enzymology*; D006801:Humans; D007728:Kupffer Cells / Q000201:enzymology; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000201:enzymology; D008297:Male; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011725:Pyridines / Q000494:pharmacology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D012717:Sesquiterpenes / Q000494:pharmacology; D013045:Species Specificity; D002785:Sterol O-Acyltransferase / Q000032:analysis / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D000097587:Sterol O-Acyltransferase 2
chemical_list: D002784:Cholesterol; D002788:Cholesterol Esters; D004041:Dietary Fats; D011725:Pyridines; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012717:Sesquiterpenes; D002785:Sterol O-Acyltransferase; D000097587:Sterol O-Acyltransferase 2; C082792:pyripyropene A; C493492:sterol O-acyltransferase 1