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Pros and cons of inhibiting cholesteryl ester transfer protein.
Current opinion in lipidology - 1 Dec 2000
Hirano K, Yamashita S, Matsuzawa Y
Abstract excerpt
Whether or not it is desirable to inhibit cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) has been an important question for over fifteen years since genetic CETP deficiency was found. Recently, some epidemiological studies which have been reported in Japan as well as Western countries help to clarify the atherogenicity of human subjects with mutations or polymorphisms in the CETP gene. In addition, some experimental...
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