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[Apolipoprotein A5 gene: association with triglyceride metabolism and cardiovascular disease].
Medicina clinica - 31 May 2008
Oliveira Sousa Marinez, Alía Pedro, Pintó Xavier
Abstract excerpt
Hypertriglyceridemia constitutes an independent risk factor for coronary disease. The gene apolipoprotein A5 (ApoA5) is a newly discovered member in the ApoA1/C3/A4/A5 cluster, and its product, apolipoprotein A5, influences on triglycerides through an unknown mechanism. Recently, there have been described the clinical consequences and the functional effects over more than 10 variants of the ApoA5 gene, associated...
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