A Functional Polymorphism in the Promoter Region of the Microsomal Triglyceride Transfer Protein (MTP −493G/T) Influences Lipoprotein Phenotype in Familial Hypercholesterolemia
- 1 July 2000
- journal article
- other
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
- Vol. 20 (7), 1784-1788
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.atv.20.7.1784
Abstract
—The microsomal triglyceride transfer protein (MTP) has a key function in intracellular apolipoprotein (apo) B lipidation and secretion of very low density lipoprotein (VLDL). A recently di...This publication has 24 references indexed in Scilit:
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