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Atherosclerosis in cholesterol-fed rabbits and in homozygous and heterozygous LDL receptor-deficient humans.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Sept 2018
Thompson Gilbert R
Abstract excerpt
A phenocopy is an environmentally-defined phenotype that mimics another, genetically-determined phenotype. The severity of hypercholesterolaemia, extent of down regulation of LDL receptor expression and aortic root localisation of atherosclerosis in cholesterol-fed rabbits strikingly resemble the cardinal features of homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) in humans, suggesting that the former is a...
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