A Splice Region Variant in LDLR Lowers Non-high Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Protects against Coronary Artery Disease.

A Splice Region Variant in LDLR Lowers Non-high Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Protects against Coronary Artery Disease.

Through high coverage whole-genome sequencing and imputation of the identified variants into a large fraction of the Icelandic population, we found four independent signals in the low density lipoprotein receptor gene (LDLR) that associate with levels of non-high density lipoprotein cholesterol (non...

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Main Authors: Solveig Gretarsdottir, Hannes Helgason, Anna Helgadottir, Asgeir Sigurdsson, Gudmar Thorleifsson, Audur Magnusdottir, Asmundur Oddsson, Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir, Thorunn Rafnar, Jacqueline de Graaf, Maryam S Daneshpour, Mehdi Hedayati, Fereidoun Azizi, Niels Grarup, Torben Jørgensen, Henrik Vestergaard, Torben Hansen, Gudmundur Eyjolfsson, Olof Sigurdardottir, Isleifur Olafsson, Lambertus A Kiemeney, Oluf Pedersen, Patrick Sulem, Gudmundur Thorgeirsson, Daniel F Gudbjartsson, Hilma Holm, Unnur Thorsteinsdottir, Kari Stefansson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-09-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4556698?pdf=render

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