Mapping a gene involved in regulating dietary cholesterol absorption. The sitosterolemia locus is found at chromosome 2p21

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1041-1044

  Patel, Shailendra B ^a   Salen, Gerald ^b,c   Hidaka, Hideki ^d   Kwiterovich Jr , Peter O ^e   Stalenhoef, Anton F H ^f   Miettinen, Tatu A ^g   Grundy, Scott M ^a   Lee, Mi Hye ^a   Runenstein, Jeffrey S ^h   Polymeropoulos, Mihael H ^h   Brownstein, Michael J ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Center for Healthcare Knowledge Management   (United States)

^d SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^h NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromosomal localization; Genetics; Linkage analyses; Sitosterolemia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CHROMOSOME 2P; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FAMILY STUDY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XANTHOMA;

EID: 0032167658     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI3963     Document Type: Article

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