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Mainly in the alterantive pathway by CYP7B1, Sterol 27-hydroxylase (CYP27A1), Cholesterol or its precursors are oxidized to oxysterols in hepatocytes and in immune cells and neurons to avoid an accumulation of toxic cholesterol
Oxysterols are early oxygenated forms of cholesterol or of its precursors that are generated through enzymatic (e.g., cytochrome (CYP) P450s and cholesterol 25-hydroxylase Ch25OH) and non-enzymatic reactio…