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Impact of different low-density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor mutations on the ability of LDL to support lymphocyte proliferation.
Metabolism: clinical and experimental - 1 Jul 1999
Martínez-Botas J, Suárez Y, Reshef A, Carrero P, Ortega H, Gómez-Coronado D, Teruel J L, Leitersdorf E, Lasunción M A
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Based on the demand for cholesterol for membrane formation, we determined the ability of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) to support proliferation in lymphocytes bearing different LDL receptor mutations, which were treated "in vitro" with lovastatin to inhibit endogenous cholesterol synthesis. Peripheral lymphocytes were isolated from two patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), one homozygote...
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