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Identification of a gene variant in the master regulator of lipid metabolism SREBP-1 in a family with a novel form of severe combined hypolipidemia.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Sept 2011
Kotzka Jorg, Knebel Birgit, Janssen Onno E, Schaefer J R, Soufi M, Jacob Sylvia, Nitzgen Ulrike, Muller-Wieland Dirk
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OBJECTIVE: Alterations of lipid metabolism play a pivotal role in the development of atherosclerosis and its complications, today's major mortality risks. The predominant regulators controlling cholesterol- and fatty acids synthesis in liver are the sterol regulatory element-binding proteins (SREBPs), a family of transcription factors that were formerly identified as cholesterol sensor for LDLR gene expression....
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