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JD induced pluripotent stem cell-derived hepatocytes faithfully recapitulate the pathophysiology of familial hypercholesterolemia.
Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Dec 2012
Cayo Max A, Cai Jun, DeLaForest Ann, Noto Fallon K, Nagaoka Masato, Clark Brian S, Collery Ross F, Si-Tayeb Karim, Duncan Stephen A
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UNLABELLED: Elevated levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) in plasma are a major contributor to cardiovascular disease, which is the leading cause of death worldwide. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified 95 loci that associate with control of lipid/cholesterol metabolism. Although GWAS results are highly provocative, direct analyses of the contribution of specific allelic...
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