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Angptl3 regulates lipid metabolism in mice.
Nature genetics - 1 Feb 2002
Koishi Ryuta, Ando Yosuke, Ono Mitsuru, Shimamura Mitsuru, Yasumo Hiroaki, Fujiwara Toshihiko, Horikoshi Hiroyoshi, Furukawa Hidehiko
Abstract excerpt
The KK obese mouse is moderately obese and has abnormally high levels of plasma insulin (hyperinsulinemia), glucose (hyperglycemia) and lipids (hyperlipidemia). In one strain (KK/San), we observed abnormally low plasma lipid levels (hypolipidemia). This mutant phenotype is inherited recessively as a mendelian trait. Here we report the mapping of the hypolipidemia (hypl) locus to the middle of chromosome 4 and...
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