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Mutation in EGFP domain of LDL receptor-related protein 6 impairs cellular LDL clearance.
Circulation research - 21 Nov 2008
Liu Wenzhong, Mani Sheida, Davis Nicole R, Sarrafzadegan Nizal, Kavathas Paula B, Mani Arya
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Mutation in the EGFP domain of LDL receptor-related protein 6 (LRP6(R611C)) is associated with hypercholesterolemia and early-onset atherosclerosis, but the mechanism by which it causes disease is not known. Cholesterol uptake was examined in cells from LRP6(+/-) mice and LRP6(R611C) mutation car...
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