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Apolipoprotein(a) is the Product of a Pseudogene: Implications for the Pathophysiology of Lipoprotein(a)
Apolipoprotein(a) [apo(a)] is an apolipoprotein unique to lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)]. Although it has no known function, Lp(a) is a risk factor for accelerated atherothrombosis. We hypothesize that LPA, the gene which encodes apo(a), is a heretofore unrecognized unprocessed pseudogene created by duplica...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Cureus
2018
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6067813/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30079281 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.2715 |