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CETP gene mutation (D442G) increases low-density lipoprotein particle size in patients with coronary heart disease.
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry - 1 Aug 2002
Wang Junjun, Qiang Hongjuan, Chen Daning, Zhang Chunni, Zhuang Yiyi
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Small, dense low-density lipoprotein (LDL) in subjects with the atherogenic pattern B has been established as a risk factor of atherosclerosis. Cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) plays an important role in the transfer and exchange of cholesteryl esters and triglycerides between the lipoprotein classes of human plasma. It has been shown that CETP can also change the particle size of...
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