Genome-wide association studies complemented with mechanistic biological studies identify sortilin 1 as a novel regulator of cholesterol trafficking

Current Atherosclerosis Reports

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 190-192

  Marian, Ali J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; SORTILIN; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CHROMOSOME 1P; DNA SEQUENCE; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 79955920441     PISSN: 15233804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11883-011-0168-1     Document Type: Note

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