Article
USF1 contributes to high serum lipid levels in Dutch FCHL families and U.S. whites with coronary artery disease.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 1 Oct 2007
Lee Jenny C, Weissglas-Volkov Daphna, Kyttälä Mira, Sinsheimer Janet S, Jokiaho Anne, de Bruin Tjerk W A, Lusis Aldons J, Brennan Marie-Luise, van Greevenbroek Marleen M J, van der Kallen Carla J H, Hazen Stanley L, Pajukanta Päivi
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Familial combined hyperlipidemia (FCHL) characterized by high serum total cholesterol and/or triglycerides (TGs) is a common dyslipidemia predisposing to coronary artery disease (CAD). Recently, the upstream transcription factor 1 (USF1) was linked and associated with FCHL and TGs in Finnish FCHL families. Here we examined the previously associated rs3737787 SNP in extended Dutch FCHL families (n=532)...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
