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Association of human mitochondrial DNA variants with plasma LDL levels.
Mitochondrion - 1 Jun 2008
Dahmani Yahya, Marcuello Ana, Díez-Sanchez Carmen, Ruiz-Pesini Eduardo, Montoya Julio, López-Pérez Manuel J
Abstract excerpt
Increasing evidence supports the relationship between mitochondrial DNA variability and differences in energy metabolism, which may have pathophenotypic consequences. MtDNA pathological mutation has been also described to be associated with hypercholesterolemia. The target of this work consisted in studying the possible existence of an association between the mitochondrial DNA variability and plasma cholesterol...
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