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SREBP-1c gene polymorphism is associated with increased inhibition of cholesterol-absorption in response to ezetimibe treatment.
Experimental and clinical endocrinology & diabetes : official journal, German Society of Endocrinology [and] German Diabetes Association - 1 May 2008
Berthold H K, Laaksonen R, Lehtimäki T, Gylling H, Krone W, Gouni-Berthold I
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OBJECTIVE: Sterol regulatory binding proteins 1 and 2 (SREBPs) are transcription factors regulating lipid metabolism. A recent study has associated the CC genotype of the SREBP-1c polymorphism G952G with increased cholesterol synthesis. Further evidence suggests that SREBPs play a role in cholest...
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