Defects of the LDL receptor in WHHL transgenic rabbits lead to a marked accumulation of plasma lipoprotein[a]

Journal of Lipid Research

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1004-1012

  Fan, Jianglin ^a   Challah, Mireille ^a   Shimoyamada, Hiroaki ^a   Shiomi, Masashi ^b   Marcovina, Santica ^c   Watanabe, Teruo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein a ; Catabolism; Hypercholesterolemia; LDL receptor; Lipoprotein a ; Metabolism; Transgenic rabbit; WHHL rabbit

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LIPOPROTEIN A; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RABBIT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEIN(A); RABBITS; RECEPTORS, LDL; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0033919879     PISSN: 00222275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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