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Relationship between apolipoprotein E gene polymorphism with triglyceride level in patients with renal diseases.
Renal failure - 1 Jan 2013
Dong Chun-Qiang, Luo Yi-Ge, Dong Kun, Chen Chao, Liu Qiang, Yang Ti-Quan
Abstract excerpt
Apolipoprotein E (apoE), one of the major plasma lipoproteins, plays a major role in the transport and metabolism of lipids by acting as a ligand. apoE gene contains three potential alleles: ϵ2, ϵ3 and ϵ4, forming six genotypes: E2E2, E2E3, E2E4, E3E3, E3E3 and E4E4. Association between apoE gene polymorphism and triglyceride (TG) is still controversial. There was not any meta-analysis to explore the association...
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