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Effect of the cholesteryl ester transfer protein genotypes on plasma lipid and lipoprotein levels in Vietnamese children.
Pediatric research - 1 Dec 2005
Thu Nghiem Nguyet, Mai Ta Thi Tuyet, Ohmori Reiko, Kuroki Masatoshi, Van Chuyen Nguyen, Hung Nguyen Thi Kim, Kawakami Masanobu, Kondo Kazuo
Abstract excerpt
Cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) is understood to play a regulatory role in HDL cholesterol (HDLC) metabolism. In this study, the effect of CETP genotypes on plasma lipid and lipoprotein levels in 348 Vietnamese girls (aged 7-9) with different nutritional conditions was analyzed. The two mutations, intron 14 G(+1)-to-A (I14A) and Asp 442 to Gly within exon 15 (D442G), and the TaqIB polymorphism in the...
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