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Human apolipoprotein L1 (ApoL1) in cancer and chronic kidney disease.
FEBS letters - 5 Apr 2012
Hu Chien-An A, Klopfer Edward I, Ray Patricio E
Abstract excerpt
Human apolipoprotein L1 (ApoL1) possesses both extra- and intra-cellular functions crucial in host defense and cellular homeostatic mechanisms. Alterations in ApoL1 function due to genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors have been associated with African sleeping sickness, atherosclerosis, lipid disorders, obesity, schizophrenia, cancer, and chronic kidney disease (CKD). Importantly, two alleles of APOL1...
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