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HNRNPA1 regulates HMGCR alternative splicing and modulates cellular cholesterol metabolism.
Human molecular genetics - 15 Jan 2014
Yu Chi-Yi, Theusch Elizabeth, Lo Kathleen, Mangravite Lara M, Naidoo Devesh, Kutilova Mariya, Medina Marisa W
Abstract excerpt
3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-Coenzyme A reductase (HMGCR) encodes the rate-limiting enzyme in the cholesterol biosynthesis pathway and is inhibited by statins, a class of cholesterol-lowering drugs. Expression of an alternatively spliced HMGCR transcript lacking exon 13, HMGCR13(-), has been implicated in the variation of plasma LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C) and is the single most informative molecular marker of LDL-C...
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