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SUBMITTER: Uzor NE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7075811 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Uzor Ndidi-Ese NE McCullough Louise D LD Tsvetkov Andrey S AS
Frontiers in cellular neuroscience 20200310
Peroxisomes exist in most cells, where they participate in lipid metabolism, as well as scavenging the reactive oxygen species (ROS) that are produced as by-products of their metabolic functions. In certain tissues such as the liver and kidneys, peroxisomes have more specific roles, such as bile acid synthesis in the liver and steroidogenesis in the adrenal glands. In the brain, peroxisomes are critically involved in creating and maintaining the lipid content of cell membranes and the myelin she ...[more]