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Genetic variation in ABC G5/G8 and NPC1L1 impact cholesterol response to plant sterols in hypercholesterolemic men.
Lipids - 1 Dec 2008
Zhao Hai L, Houweling Adrielle H, Vanstone Catherine A, Jew Stephanie, Trautwein Elke A, Duchateau Guus S M J E, Jones Peter J H
Abstract excerpt
ATP-binding cassette hetero-dimeric transporters G5 and G8 (ABCG5/G8) have been postulated to mediate intestinal cholesterol efflux, whereas Niemann-Pick C1 Like 1 (NPC1L1) protein is believed to be essential for intestinal cholesterol influx. The individual or combined genetic markers, such as s...
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