A common truncation variant of lipoprotein lipase (Ser447X) confers protection against coronary heart disease: The Framingham Offspring Study

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 450-454

  Gagne S E ^a   Larson, M G ^b   Pimstone, S N ^a   Schaefer, E J ^c   Kastelein, J J P ^d   Wilson, P W F ^f   Ordovas, J M ^c   Hayden, Michael R ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics   (Canada)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Gene; Lipoprotein lipase; Polymorphisms

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CHOLESTEROL; ENZYME VARIANT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; SERINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; LIPIDS; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SERINE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0032792469     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0004.1999.550609.x     Document Type: Article

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