... lipid droplets vimentin filaments adrenal cells electron microscopy steroidogenesis cholesterol We have recently reported that the lipid droplets that serve to store the cholesterol ester used for synthesis of steroid hormones in adrenal cells are specifically attached to intermediate...

... are attached to intermediate filaments may prove important in unravelling the complex process of the transport of cholesterol to mitochondria. intermediate filaments adrenal cells steroidogenesis It is now clear that the cytoskeleton is involved in the steroidogenic responses of adrenal and Leydig...

... of Biologists 1985 adrenal cells plasma membranes steroidogenesis The plasma membrane is of obvious and far-reaching importance to the function of any living cell. In addition to containing the cytoplasm and maintaining a cellular composition different from that of the environment, the plasma...