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Give me A5 for lipoprotein hydrolysis!
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Oct 2005
Merkel Martin, Heeren Joerg
Abstract excerpt
APOA5 is a newly identified apolipoprotein that plays a crucial role in the regulation of plasma triglyceride levels. In several human studies, common APOA5 single nucleotide polymorphisms have been strongly associated with elevated plasma triglyceride levels. In this issue of the JCI, Marçais et al. report that the rare Q139X mutation in APOA5 leads to severe hypertriglyceridemia by exerting a dominant-negative...
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