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Molecular diagnosis of hypobetalipoproteinemia: an ENID review.

2007

Abstract Primary hypobetalipoproteinemia (HBL) includes a group of genetic disorders: abetalipoproteinemia (ABL) and chylomicron retention disease (CRD), with a recessive transmission, and familial hypobetalipoproteinemia (FHBL) with a co-dominant transmission. ABL and CRD are rare disorders due to mutations in the MTP and SARA2 genes, respectively. Heterozygous FHBL is much more frequent. FHBL subjects often have fatty liver and, less frequently, intestinal fat malabsorption. FHBL may be linked or not to the APOB gene. Most mutations in APOB gene cause the formation of truncated forms of apoB which may or may be not secreted into the plasma. Truncated apoBs with a size below that of apoB-3…

MaleCandidate geneSettore MED/09 - Medicina InternaApolipoprotein BGenotypeLocus (genetics)BiologyPolymorphism Single NucleotidePCSK9 GenemedicineHumansFamilial hypobetalipoproteinemiaGenetic TestingAPOB geneApolipoproteins BGeneticsPCSK9AbetalipoproteinemiaChylomicron retention diseasemedicine.diseaseEuropean Network for Inherited Dyslipidemia (ENID)AbetalipoproteinemiaPhenotypePCSK9 geneHypobetalipoproteinemia Familial Apolipoprotein BMutationbiology.proteinlipids (amino acids peptides and proteins)FemaleHypobetalipoproteinemiaMTP geneCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineCarrier Proteinsuropean Network for Inherited Dyslipidemia (ENID)European Network for Inherited Dyslipidemia (ENID) Familial hypobetalipoproteinemia Abetalipoproteinemia Chylomicron retention disease.Chylomicron retention diseaseAtherosclerosis
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Genetics of familial hypobetalipoproteinemia

2007

Primary hypobetalipoproteinemias include three monogenic disorders: the relatively frequent codominant familial hypobetalipoproteinemia (FHBL), the rare recessive conditions abetalipoproteinemia (ABL) and chylomicron retention disease (CMRD). Approximately 50% of FHBL patients are carriers of mutations in the APOB gene, mostly causing the formation of truncated forms of ApoB. In some kindred, FHBL is linked to a locus on chromosome 3 (3p21), but the candidate gene is still unknown. Recently, a FHBL-like phenotype was observed in carriers of mutations of the proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) gene causing loss-of-function of the encoded protein, a proprotein convertase tha…

hypobetalipoproteinemia; abetalipoproteinemia; Chylomicron retention diaseaseSettore MED/09 - Medicina InternaApolipoprotein BAssembly and secretion of ApoB-containing lipoproteinsApoB-containing lipoproteinsBiochemistryMicrosomal triglyceride transfer proteinabetalipoproteinemiaChylomicron retention diaseasemedicineFamilial hypobetalipoproteinemiaGeneticsbiologyPCSK9AbetalipoproteinemiahypobetalipoproteinemiaChylomicron retention diseasemedicine.diseaseProprotein convertaseAbetalipoproteinemiaLDL receptorbiology.proteinlipids (amino acids peptides and proteins)HypobetalipoproteinemiaAbetalipoproteinemia; ApoB-containing lipoproteins; Assembly and secretion of ApoB-containing lipoproteins; Chylomicron retention disease; Familial hypobetalipoproteinemiaChylomicron retention disease
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