Category:GO:0010886 ! positive regulation of cholesterol storage

id: GO:0010886

name: positive regulation of cholesterol storage
namespace: biological_process
def: "Any process that increases the rate or extent of cholesterol storage. Cholesterol storage is the accumulation and maintenance in cells or tissues of cholesterol, cholest-5-en-3 beta-ol, the principal sterol of vertebrates and the precursor of many steroids, including bile acids and steroid hormones." [GOC:BHF, GOC:dph, GOC:tb]
synonym: "positive regulation of cholesterol sequestration" NARROW [GOC:dph, GOC:tb]
is_a: GO:0010884 ! positive regulation of lipid storage
is_a: GO:0010885 ! regulation of cholesterol storage
relationship: positively_regulates: GO:0010878 ! cholesterol storage
intersection_of: GO:0065007 ! biological regulation
intersection_of: positively_regulates GO:0010878 ! cholesterol storage

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0010886</GOterm>
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