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Dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids may increase plasma LDL-cholesterol and plasma cholesterol concentrations in carriers of an ABCG1 gene single nucleotide polymorphism: study in two Spanish populations.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Dec 2011
Abellán Rosario, Mansego María Luisa, Martínez-Hervás Sergio, Morcillo Sonsoles, Pineda-Alonso Mónica, Carmena Rafael, Real José Tomás, Redon Josep, Rojo-Martínez Gemma, Martín-Escudero Juan Carlos, Chaves Felipe Javier
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BACKGROUND: ABCG1 mediates cellular cholesterol transport, but there is very little known about the influence of ABCG1 polymorphisms on human plasma lipoprotein cholesterol concentrations or on the interactions of these polymorphisms with diet. OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to investigate whether interactions between PUFA intake and ABCG1 polymorphisms modulate associations with plasma total cholesterol (TC), LDL-...
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