75739-3
Desmosterol [Mass/volume] in Serum or Plasma
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Part Description
LP173717-2 Desmosterol
Desmosterol is an intermediate in the synthesis of cholesterol. Desmosterolosis is a rare autosomal recessive inborn errors of cholesterol synthesis that is caused by defective activity of desmosterol reductase which results in an accumulation of demosterol (DHCR24, EC 1.3.1.72), combines a severe osteosclerotic skeletal dysplasia and includes 2-3 toe syndactyly with Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome (SLOS; the biochemical block in SLOS results in decreased cholesterol levels and increased 7-dehydrocholesterol levels). Desmosterolosis is caused by mutation of the 24-dehydrocholesterol reductase gene (DHCR24). Many of the malformations in SLOS and desmosterolosis are consistent with impaired hedgehog function. The hedgehog proteins include Sonic hedgehog (SHH), which plays a major role in midline patterning and limb development. Desmosterolosis, caused by defective activity of desmosterol reductase, combines a severe osteosclerotic skeletal dysplasia. 7-dehydrocholesterol reductase (DHCR7, EC 1.3.1.21) reduces the C7-C8 double bond in the sterol B ring to form cholesterol or desmosterol depending upon the precursor. Desmosterol can be converted to cholesterol by DHCR24. Therefore, SLOS and Desmosterolosis patients invariably have elevated levels of cholesterol precursor's 7-dehydrocholesterol (and its spontaneous isomer 8-dehydrocholesterol) and absent desmosterol. PMID: 14631207, PMID: 16207203.
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Source: Human Metabolome Database
, HMDB: 02719
Fully-Specified Name
- Component
- Desmosterol
- Property
- MCnc
- Time
- Pt
- System
- Ser/Plas
- Scale
- Qn
- Method
Additional Names
- Long Common Name
- Desmosterol [Mass/volume] in Serum or Plasma
- Short Name
- Desmosterol SerPl-mCnc
- Display Name
- Desmosterol [Mass/Vol]
- Consumer Name Alpha Get Info
- Desmosterol, Blood
Basic Attributes
- Class
- CHEM
- Type
- Laboratory
- First Released
- Version 2.50
- Last Updated
- Version 2.73 (MIN)
- Order vs. Observation
- Both
- Common Test Rank Get Info
- 17551
Member of these Panels
LOINC | Long Common Name |
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75858-1 | Sterols panel [Mass/volume] - Serum or Plasma |
Member of these Groups Get Info
LOINC Group | Group Name |
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LG43385-0 | Desmosterol| |
Language Variants Get Info
Tag | Language | Translation |
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el-GR | Greek (Greece) | Δεσμοστερόλη: Synonyms: MCnc Δεσμοστερόλη |
es-ES | Spanish (Spain) | Desmosterol: Synonyms: Cuantitativo |
es-MX | Spanish (Mexico) | Desmosterol: |
fr-CA | French (Canada) | Desmostérol: |
fr-FR | French (France) | Desmostérol: |
it-IT | Italian (Italy) | Desmosterolo: Synonyms: Chimica Concentrazione di Massa Plasma Punto nel tempo (episodio) Siero Siero o Plasma |
nl-NL | Dutch (Netherlands) | desmosterol: |
ru-RU | Russian (Russian Federation) | Десмостерол: Synonyms: Количественный Массовая концентрация Плазма Сыворотка Сыворотка или Плазма Точка во времени; |
tr-TR | Turkish (Turkey) | Dezmosterol: |
zh-CN | Chinese (China) | 链甾醇: Synonyms: 24-脱氢胆固醇; |
Example Units
Unit | Source |
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mg/L | Example UCUM Units |
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