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Association between ACAT1 rs1044925 and increased hypertension risk in Tongdao Dong.
Medicine - 9 Dec 2022
Zhou Taimei, Yang Hua, Wang Haiying, Luo Na, Xia Ying, Jiang Xinglin
Abstract excerpt
Hypertension is a multifactorial disease that partially caused by genetic factors, including variation in genes related to lipid metabolism. ACAT1 gene is implicated in lipid metabolism for its encoding product, the enzyme acetyl-CoA acetyltransferase 1, catalyzing the synthesis of cholesteryl ester from cholesterol and playing an important role in the metabolism of cholesterol. Until now, there's little study on...
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