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Identification and metabolic profiling of patients with lysosomal acid lipase deficiency.
Journal of clinical lipidology - 1 Jan 2000
Pullinger Clive R, Stock Eveline Oestreicher, Movsesyan Irina, Malloy Mary J, Frost Philip H, Tripuraneni Radhika, Quinn Anthony G, Ishida Brian Y, Schaefer Ernst J, Asztalos Bela F, Kane John P
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Lysosomal acid lipase (LAL), encoded by the LIPA gene, catalyzes the intracellular hydrolysis of cholesteryl esters and triglycerides in hepatocytes and macrophages. LIPA defects cause accumulation of these lipids in lysosomes. LAL deficiency (LAL D) presents and progresses as a continuum with dyslipidemia, hepatomegaly, and liver fibrosis. OBJECTIVE: To improve the understanding of the genetic basis...
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