Three polymorphisms associated with low hepatic lipase activity are common in African Americans.

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Three polymorphisms associated with low hepatic lipase activity are common in African Americans.

Journal of lipid research - 1 Sept 1998

Nie L, Niu S, Vega G L, Clark L T, Tang A, Grundy S M, Cohen J C

Abstract excerpt

We have shown previously that a hepatic lipase allele (designated -514T) is common among African Americans and contributes to low hepatic lipase activity in this population. To identify other hepatic lipase alleles associated with low hepatic lipase activity in this population, the coding region...

Topics

Adult
Alleles
Black People
Exons
Genotype
Haplotypes
Humans
Introns
Lipase
Liver
Male
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Black or African American

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