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A treasure trove for lipoprotein biology

Nature Genetics volume 40, pages 129–130 (2008)Cite this article

Plasma lipoprotein concentrations are associated with risk of coronary artery disease, a leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Three new genome-wide association studies of thousands of individuals now identify seven genes or loci contributing to lipid concentrations and confirm a number of previously reported associations.

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Figure 1: The primary pathways for the metabolism of human plasma lipoproteins are summarized (figure modified from that of a previous study15).

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  1. Päivi Pajukanta is in the Department of Human Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA. jlusis@mednet.ucla.edu

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Lusis, A., Pajukanta, P. A treasure trove for lipoprotein biology. Nat Genet 40, 129–130 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ng0208-129

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