Apolipoprotein A-I gene expression is regulated by cellular zinc status in Hep G2 cells

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 277, Issue 3 46-3, 1999, Pages

  Wu, John Y J ^a   Wu, Yan ^a   Reaves, Scott K ^a   Wang, Y I Ran ^a   Lei, Polin P ^a   Lei, Kai Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Cholesterol; High density lipoprotein

Indexed keywords

1,10 PHENANTHROLINE; APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; CHOLESTEROL; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL STRAIN HEPG2; CHELATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPPLEMENTATION; ZINC METABOLISM;

EID: 0032835654     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1999.277.3.c537     Document Type: Article

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