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Rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta) lipoprotein(a) and apolipoprotein(a): high frequency of small size apolipoprotein(a) isoforms.
Journal of medical primatology - 1 Jun 2015
Enkhmaa Byambaa, Abbuthalha Adnan, Anuurad Erdembileg, Zhang Wei, Tarantal Alice F, Berglund Lars
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Levels of lipoprotein(a), Lp(a), a genetically regulated independent cardiovascular risk factor present in humans and Old World monkeys, are impacted by the apolipoprotein(a), apo(a), gene. Allele-specific apo(a) levels, taking both the apo(a) genotypic and phenotypic characteristics into account, are useful markers to determine atherosclerotic cardiovascular risk. METHODS: We determined (i) the...
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