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Microsomal triglyceride transfer protein -164 T > C gene polymorphism and risk of cardiovascular disease: results from the EPIC-Potsdam case-cohort study

BACKGROUND: The microsomal triglyceride transfer protein (MTTP) is encoded by the MTTP gene that is regulated by cholesterol in humans. Previous studies investigating the effect of MTTP on ischemic heart disease have produced inconsistent results. Therefore, we have tested the hypothesis that the ra...

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Autores principales: di Giuseppe, Romina, Pechlivanis, Sonali, Fisher, Eva, Arregui, Maria, Weikert, Beate, Knüppel, Sven, Buijsse, Brian, Fritsche, Andreas, Willich, Stefan N, Joost, Hans-Georg, Boeing, Heiner, Moebus, Susanne, Weikert, Cornelia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3565963/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23356586
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2350-14-19