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Nature Genetics 40, 129 - 130 (2008)
doi:10.1038/ng0208-129
A treasure trove for lipoprotein biology
Aldons J Lusis1 & Päivi Pajukanta1
- Aldons J. Lusis is in the Departments of Human Genetics, Medicine and Molecular Genetics, and the Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.
- Päivi Pajukanta is in the Department of Human Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA. e-mail: jlusis@mednet.ucla.edu
Abstract
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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