Polymorphisms of the genes encoding apoproteins A-I, B, C-III, and E and LDL receptor, and cholesterol and LDL metabolism during increased cholesterol intake: Common alleles of the apoprotein E gene show the greatest regulatory impact

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 38-44

  Gylling, Helena ^a   Kontula, Kimmo ^a   Koivisto, Ulla Maija ^b   Miettinen, Helena E ^a   Miettinen, Tatu A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

cholesterol absorption; cholesterol synthesis; dietary cholesterol; genetic polymorphism; LDL kinetics

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; APOLIPOPROTEIN C3; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0031035851     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.17.1.38     Document Type: Article

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