title: The transition from a rural to an urban environment alters expression of the human Ebola virus receptor Neiman-Pick C1: implications for the current epidemic in West Africa.
authors.affiliation: Center for Investigations of Health and Education Disparities, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, #0739, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0739, USA, sbickler@ucsd.edu.
authors.forename: Stephen W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Bickler
authors.forename: Radhames E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Lizardo
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De Maio
mesh_terms: D000354:Africa, Western; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000378:metabolism; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D029043:Ebolavirus / Q000502:physiology*; D015870:Gene Expression; D019142:Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000077296:Niemann-Pick C1 Protein; D011973:Receptors, LDL / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; C573412:LDLR protein, human; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; C106881:NPC1 protein, human; D000077296:Niemann-Pick C1 Protein; D011973:Receptors, LDL; D002784:Cholesterol