Article
Recurrent pancreatitis and chylomicronemia in an extended Dutch kindred is caused by a Gly154-->Ser substitution in lipoprotein lipase.
Journal of lipid research - 1 Dec 1993
Bruin T, Tuzgöl S, van Diermen D E, Hoogerbrugge-van der Linden N, Brunzell J D, Hayden M R, Kastelein J J
Abstract excerpt
We report the molecular basis of familial chylomicronemia and recurrent pancreatitis in five members of a large Dutch family. All patients had normal plasma hepatic lipase and apoC-II levels, but absent lipoprotein lipase (LPL) catalytic activity and low LPL mass in postheparin plasma. The mutation in the LPL gene was characterized as a G715-->A substitution in the last nucleotide of exon 4, resulting in a...
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