Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) levels are not associated with severity of liver disease and are inversely related to cholesterol in a cohort of thirty eight patients with liver cirrhosis

BACKGROUND: Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) is of particular importance in cholesterol metabolism with high levels contributing to hypercholesterolemia. Cholesterol and sphingolipids are low in patients with liver cirrhosis. Purpose of this study was to find associations of pla...

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Autores principales: Feder, Susanne, Wiest, Reiner, Weiss, Thomas S., Aslanidis, Charalampos, Schacherer, Doris, Krautbauer, Sabrina, Liebisch, Gerhard, Buechler, Christa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2021
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7814535/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33461570
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12944-021-01431-x

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