Genes for apolipoprotein B and microsomal triglyceride transfer protein are expressed in the heart: Evidence that the heart has the capacity to synthesize and secrete lipoproteins

Circulation

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-16

  Nielsen, Lars B ^a,b   Véniant, Murielle ^a,b   Borén, Jan ^b   Raabe, Martin ^a,b   Wong, Jinny S ^b,d   Tam, Carmen ^b   Flynn, Laura ^a   Vanni Reyes, Teresa ^e   Gunn, Michael D ^b,c   Goldberg, Ira J ^e   Hamilton, Robert L ^b,d   Young, Stephen G ^a,b,c,f  

^a GLADSTONE INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE   (United States)

^b Cardiovascular Research Institute   (United States)

^c Department of Medicine ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Columbia Univ Coll Phys Surgs ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apolipoproteins; Fatty acids; Lipoproteins; Myocardium; Proteins

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN B; CARRIER PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RIBONUCLEASE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GOLGI COMPLEX; HEART; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIPOPROTEIN SECRETION; LIPOPROTEIN SYNTHESIS; MICROSOME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILENT GENE;

EID: 0344301949     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.98.1.13     Document Type: Article

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