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Genetic determinants of plasma triglycerides: impact of rare and common mutations.
Current atherosclerosis reports - 1 May 2001
Talmud P J
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Raised plasma triglyceride (TG) levels are an independent risk factor for coronary artery disease (CAD), and thus understanding the genetic and environmental determinants of TG levels are of major importance. TG metabolism is a process for delivering free fatty acids for energy storage or b-oxidation, and involves a number of different hydrolytic enzymes and apolipoproteins (apo). The genes encoding these...
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