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Genetic epistasis in the VLDL catabolic pathway is associated with deleterious variations on triglyceridemia in obese subjects.
International journal of obesity (2005) - 1 Aug 2007
Brisson D, St-Pierre J, Santuré M, Hudson T J, Després J P, Vohl M C, Gaudet D
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BACKGROUND: Abdominal obesity and hypertriglyceridemia (the hypertriglyceridemic-waist phenotype) increase cardiovascular risk. The very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) is a triglyceride (TG)-rich particle. Frequent variations in the genes coding for enzymes and proteins involved in the VLDL catabolism have already been documented. The epistatic effect of such variants on the risk profile associated with abdominal...
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