Heritability analysis of lipids and three gene loci in twins link the macrophage scavenger receptor to HDL cholesterol concentrations

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2054-2060

  Knoblauch, Hans ^a   Busjahn, Andreas ^a   Münter, Sylvia ^a   Nagy, Zsuzsanna ^a   Faulhaber, Hans Dieter ^a   Schuster, Herbert ^a   Luft, Friedrich C ^a,b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FRANZ VOLHARD CLINIC   (Germany)

Author keywords

Genetics; HDL cholesterol; LDL cholesterol; Lipoprotein lipase; Macrophage scavenger receptor

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; SCAVENGER RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 8P; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031443532     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.17.10.2054     Document Type: Article

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