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Decreased cellular cholesterol efflux is a common cause of familial hypoalphalipoproteinemia: role of the ABCA1 gene mutations.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Oct 2000
Mott S, Yu L, Marcil M, Boucher B, Rondeau C, Genest J
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BACKGROUND: High density lipoproteins (HDL) are complex lipoprotein particles involved in reverse cholesterol (C) transport and are negatively associated with the risk for coronary artery disease (CAD). We have described a disorder of familial HDL deficiency (FHD) due to abnormal cellular cholesterol efflux. In the present study, we investigated cellular cholesterol efflux on skin fibroblast from 15 probands with...
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