Article
Low density lipoprotein heterogeneity in spontaneously hypercholesterolemic pigs.
Molecular and cellular biochemistry - 18 Aug 1992
Cooper S T, Aiello R J, Checovich W J, Attie A D
Abstract excerpt
We previously described a strain of spontaneously hypercholesterolemic pigs carrying an apo-B allele termed Lpb5. Lpb5 pigs are heterogeneous with respect to the severity of their hypercholesterolemia. We have termed Lpb5 pigs with severe hypercholesterolemia Lpb 5.1 pigs, and those with moderate...
Topics
- Aging
- Animals
- Cholesterol
- Hypercholesterolemia
- Lipoproteins, LDL
- Lipoproteins, VLDL
- Male
- Mutation
- Orchiectomy
- Phenotype
- Sex Factors
- Swine