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Differential DNA methylation in familial hypercholesterolemia.
EBioMedicine - 1 Nov 2020
Reeskamp Laurens F, Venema Andrea, Pereira Joao P Belo, Levin Evgeni, Nieuwdorp Max, Groen Albert K, Defesche Joep C, Grefhorst Aldo, Henneman Peter, Hovingh G Kees
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a monogenic disorder characterized by elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C). A FH causing genetic variant in LDLR, APOB, or PCSK9 is not identified in 12-60% of clinical FH patients (FH mutation-negative patients). We aimed to assess whether altered DNA methylation might be associated with FH in this latter group. METHODS: In this study we included...
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