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Variation in the lipoprotein lipase gene influences exercise-induced left ventricular growth.
Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) - 1 Feb 2006
Flavell David M, Wootton Peter T E, Myerson Saul G, World Michael J, Pennell Dudley J, Humphries Steve E, Talmud Philippa J, Montgomery Hugh E
Abstract excerpt
The adult heart relies predominantly on fatty acids (FA) for energy generation, and defects in FA catabolism cause dramatic left ventricular (LV) growth in early age. Since lipoprotein lipase (LPL) is the key enzyme in plasma triglyceride catabolism and is highly expressed in the myocardium, we investigated an association between the functional LPL gene serine 447 stop (S447X) variant and exercise-induced LV...
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