Article
Clinical implications of the apolipoprotein E polymorphism and genetic variants: current methods for apo E phenotyping.
Annales de biologie clinique - 1 Jan 1991
Steinmetz A
Abstract excerpt
There is agreement about the influence of the genetic apolipoprotein (apo E) polymorphism on plasma lipid and apoprotein levels in man. Whereas the association of the apo E2 isoform with primary dysbetalipoproteinemia and hyperlipoproteinemia type III is well established, the plasma- and LDL-cholesterol lowering effects of apo E2 and the phenomenon of apo E4 raising these parameters on the development of coronary...
Topics
- Apolipoproteins E
- Coronary Disease
- Humans
- Hyperlipidemias
- Hyperlipoproteinemia Type III
- Isoelectric Focusing
- Phenotype
- Polymorphism, Genetic
