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RESEARCH PRODUCT

IL GENE PCSK9: UN NUOVO GENE IMPLICATO NEL CONTROLLO DELLA COLESTEROLEMIA

Angelo Baldassare Cefalu'Salvatore AmatoEmanuela FertittaFrancesca FayerVincenza ValentiMaria Concetta GueliDi Blasi UPagano MNardi IGaspare CusumanoPaolo GulottaAlessandro RaffaTiziana DoveriMaurizio Averna

subject

Settore MED/09 - Medicina InternaCholesterolemia

description

The distribution of cholesterol plasma is regulated by complex interactions between genes and environmental factors. Mutations of PCSK9 gene seem to modulate the levels of LDL-C. Mutations of PCSK9 gene with gain of function are associated to hypercholesterolemia and mutations with loss of function determine hypocholesterolemia.

http://hdl.handle.net/10447/15179