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Effect of ABCA1 mutations on risk for myocardial infarction.
Current atherosclerosis reports - 1 Oct 2008
Iatan Iulia, Alrasadi Khalid, Ruel Isabelle, Alwaili Khalid, Genest Jacques
Abstract excerpt
The adenosine triphosphate-binding cassette A1 (ABCA1) gene codes for a cellular phospholipid and cholesterol transporter that mediates the initial and essential step in high-density lipoprotein (HDL) biogenesis: the formation of nascent HDL particles. Mutations at the ABCA1 gene locus cause severe familial HDL deficiency and, in the homozygous form, cause Tangier disease. Several studies have investigated the...
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