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Interrogation of the Atherosclerosis-Associated SORT1 (Sortilin 1) Locus With Primary Human Hepatocytes, Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Hepatocytes, and Locus-Humanized Mice.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 1 Jan 2018
Wang Xiao, Raghavan Avanthi, Peters Derek T, Pashos Evanthia E, Rader Daniel J, Musunuru Kiran
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OBJECTIVE: The noncoding single-nucleotide polymorphism rs12740374 has been hypothesized to be the causal variant responsible for liver-specific modulation of SORT1(sortilin 1) expression (ie, expression quantitative trait locus) and, by extension, the association of the SORT1 locus on human chromosome 1p13 with low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels and coronary heart disease. The goals of this study were to...
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