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R219K polymorphism of the ABCA1 gene and its modulation of the variations in serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and triglycerides related to age and adiposity in white versus black young adults. The Bogalusa heart study.
Metabolism: clinical and experimental - 1 Jul 2003
Srinivasan Sathanur R, Li Shengxu, Chen Wei, Boerwinkle Eric, Berenson Gerald S
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-binding cassette transporter 1 (ABCA1) gene have been established as the molecular defect in Tangier disease and familial hypoalphalipoproteinemia, uncommon genetic disorders characterized by deficient or depressed high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and increased triglycerides. However, information regarding the frequency of common variants, including Arg219Lys...
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