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CYP7A1-rs3808607 and APOE isoform associate with LDL cholesterol lowering after plant sterol consumption in a randomized clinical trial.
The American journal of clinical nutrition - 1 Oct 2015
MacKay Dylan S, Eck Peter K, Gebauer Sarah K, Baer David J, Jones Peter Jh
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BACKGROUND: The benefits of plant sterols (PSs) for cholesterol lowering are hampered by large heterogeneity across individuals, potentially because of genetic polymorphisms. OBJECTIVE: We investigated the impact of candidate genetic variations on cholesterol response to PSs in a trial that recruited individuals with high or low endogenous cholesterol synthesis, estimated by lathosterol to cholesterol (L:C)...
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