1. Cholesterol chemistry, and laboratory synthesis Hélio M.T. Albuquerque, Clementina M.M. Santos, and Artur M.S. Silva
2. Molecular evolution of cholesterol and other higher sterols in relation to membrane structure Ole G. Mouritsen
3. Role of cholesterol in maintaining the physical properties of the plasma membrane Witold K. Subczynski, Marta Pasenkiewicz-Gierula, Justyna Widomska, and Natalia Stein
4. The fundamental interaction of cholesterol with lipid membranes: The umbrella model Juyang Huang
5. Model peptides and cholesterol István P. Sugár and Parkson Lee-Gau Chong
6. Cholesterol and ceramide: An unlikely pair Aritz B. García-Arribas, Alicia Alonso, and Félix M. Goñi
7. Cholesterol-recognizing amino acid consensus motifs in transmembrane proteins: Comparative analysis of in silico studies and structural data Fodil Azzaz, Henri Chahinian, Nouara Yahi, Coralie Di Scala, Carlos J. Baier, Francisco J. Barrantes, and Jacques Fantini
8. Effects of cholesterol on the GPCR AT1 receptor and its interplay with AT1 antagonists S. Kiriakidi, Z. Cournia, and T. Mavromoustakos
9. Principles of cholesterol regulation of ion channels Qiu-Xing Jiang and Irena Levitan
10. Fluorescent probes for microscopy visualization of cholesterol topography and dynamics in membranes Francisco J. Barrantes
11. Cholesterol transport in blood, lipoproteins, and cholesterol metabolism Mark T Mc Auley and Amy E Morgan
12. Common laboratory research methods for detection and quantification of cholesterol Anna N. Bukiya, Hanxuan Li, Steven Mysiewicz, and Wei Li
Part 2. Cholesterol Homeostasis and its disruption
14. Diet-induced hypercholesterolemia in small laboratory animal models Tina Herfel
15. Nutrition and cholesterol metabolism Ghada A. Soliman
16. Cholesterol and early development Isabella Ellinger and Waranya Chatuphonprasert
17. Clinical and biochemical diagnostic methods: What do blood lipid levels tell us? Marshall B. Elam
18. Familial hypobetalipoproteinemia and abetalipoproteinemia Francine K. Welty
19. Critical illness and cholesterol levels Zdenek Zadak
20. Familial hypercholesterolemia Shifa Jebari-Benslaiman, Unai Galicia-Garcia, Asier Larrea-Sebal, Kepa B. Uribe, Cesar Martin, and Asier Benito-Vicente
21. Niemann-Pic type C disease (NPC) Agnieszka Lugowska
22. Rare monogenic disorders of cholesterol metabolism Malgorzata Bednarska-Makaruk and Agnieszka Lugowska
23. Secondary (acquired) hypercholesterolemia Arrigo F.G. Cicero and Ivan R. Cincione
24. Blood lipids and molecular pathways of atherogenesis Ricardo Stein, Filipe Ferrari, and Vítor M. Martins
25. Lysosomal acid lipase: Roles in rare deficiency diseases, myeloid cell biology, innate immunity, and common neutral lipid diseases Gregory A. Grabowski and Hong Du
26. Cholesterol and pathogens Tatiana M. Clemente and Stacey D. Gilk
27. Involvement of cholesterol and ß-amyloid in the initiation and progression of Alzheimer's disease Luis G. Aguayo, Jorge P. Roa, Carlos F. Burgos, and Juliana Gonzalez-Sanmiguel
28. Cholesterol and alcohol Andrew S. Bell, Emma M. O'Connell, and Falk W. Lohoff
Part 3. Pharmacological Considerations and Perspectives
29. Cholesterol stiffening of lipid membranes and drug interactions: Insights from neutron spin echo and deuterium NMR spectroscopy Sudipta Gupta, Fathima T. Doole, Teshani Kumarage, Milka Doktorova, George Khelashvili, Rana Ashkar, and Michael F. Brown
30. Cholesterol in drug delivery systems DanRong Hu and ZhiYong Qian
31. Modification of vascular receptor pharmacology by cholesterol: From molecular determinants to impact on arterial function Alex M. Dopico, Anna N. Bukiya, and Kelsey C. North
32. Clinical strategies for reducing cholesterol levels Claude K. Lardinois and Samantha Karr
33. Medicinal chemistry and pharmacology of statins Bob M. Moore, II and George A. Cook
34. Cyclodextrins as promising therapeutics against cholesterol overload Florina Zakany, Tamas Kovacs, Lajos Szente, and Zoltan Varga
35. Hyperlipidemia and rheumatoid arthritis Aliki I. Venetsanopoulou, Paraskevi V. Voulgari, and Alexandros A. Drosos
36. Management of hypercholesterolemia in individuals living with HIV/AIDS Musaab Ahmed, Marium Ahmed, Dushyant Mital, and Mohamed H Ahmed