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Genotypic Effect of ABCG1 gene promoter -257T>G polymorphism on coronary artery disease severity in Japanese men.
Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis - 1 Jun 2009
Furuyama Shoudai, Uehara Yoshinari, Zhang Bo, Baba Yasuhiko, Abe Satomi, Iwamoto Takahiro, Miura Shin-Ichiro, Saku Keijiro
Abstract excerpt
AIM: ATP-binding cassette transporter G1 (ABCG1) is a cholesterol transporter that plays a role in cholesterol efflux in the presence of high-density lipoprotein (HDL). Moreover, HDL-mediated cholesterol efflux is increased in cultured ABCG1 overexpressed cells; however, the physiological roles of ABCG1 and its contribution to atherosclerosis in humans remain unclear. METHODS: The effect of ABCG1 -257T>G mutation...
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