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Expression of human apolipoprotein A-II in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice induces features of familial combined hyperlipidemia.
Journal of lipid research - 1 Aug 2000
Escolà-Gil J C, Julve J, Marzal-Casacuberta A, Ordóñez-Llanos J, González-Sastre F, Blanco-Vaca F
Abstract excerpt
Familial combined hyperlipidemia (FCHL) is a common inherited hyperlipidemia and a major risk factor for atherothrombotic cardiovascular disease. The cause(s) leading to FCHL are largely unknown, but the existence of unidentified "major" genes that would increase VLDL production and of "modifier" genes that would influence the phenotype of the disease has been proposed. Expression of apolipoprotein A-II...
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