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Scavenger Receptor LOX1 Genotype Predicts Coronary Artery Disease in Patients With Familial Hypercholesterolemia.
The Canadian journal of cardiology - 1 Oct 2017
Paquette Martine, Dufour Robert, Baass Alexis
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BACKGROUND: Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a monogenic disease associated with elevated low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and oxidized LDL (oxLDL) leading to premature cardiovascular disease. Lectin-like oxLDL receptor-1 (LOX1) is one of the major contributors of oxLDL uptake and degradation in macrophages, which leads to foam cell formation and the development of atherosclerosis. This study...
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