Increased clearance of low density lipoprotein precursors in patients with heterozygous familial defective apolipoprotein B-100: a stable isotope approach.

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In familial defective apolipoprotein B-100 (FDB) the presence of a mutant apolipoprotein (apo) B-100 (FDB3500Q/W) in LDL markedly reduces their affinity for the LDL receptor, leading to elevated LDL cholesterol levels. However, the hypercholesterolemia in most FDB patients is relatively mild when compared with, e.g., familial hypercholesterolemia (FH). In order to study mechanisms that may partly alleviate the...

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