Novel rare alleles of ABCA1 are exclusively associated with extreme high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol levels among the Han Chinese

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1239-1245

  Hu, Suwei ^a   Zhong, Yanfang ^b   Hao, Yuantao ^c   Luo, Minqi ^c   Zhou, Yan ^d   Guo, Hui ^e   Liao, Weijiao ^f   Wan, Desheng ^g   Wei, Haiyun ^g   Gao, Yueting ^f   Shan, Jinglan ^f   Hu, Bin ^a   Hultén, Maj ^h   Wang, Yiming ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Health Institute ^*  (China)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e SHENZHEN PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^f GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g DONGGUAN PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ATP binding cassette transporter 1 gene (ABCA1); Cholesterol efflux regulatory protein; High density lipoprotein cholesterol; Rare allele

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER A1; ALANINE; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; CYSTEINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PHENYLALANINE; SERINE; VALINE;

ADULT; ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINESE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHINA; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TAQ POLYMERASE;

EID: 70349843534     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2009.284     Document Type: Article

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