2013-01-29Zeitschriftenartikel
Microsomal triglyceride transfer protein -164 T > C gene polymorphism and risk of cardiovascular disease: results from the EPIC-Potsdam case-cohort study
Giuseppe, Romina di; Pechlivanis, Sonali; Fisher, Eva; Arregui, Maria; Weikert, Beate; Knüppel, Sven; Buijsse, Brian; Fritsche, Andreas; Willich, Stefan N.; Joost, Hans-Georg; Boeing, Heiner; Moebus, Susanne; Weikert, Cornelia
Background: The microsomal triglyceride transfer protein (MTTP) is encoded by the MTTP gene that is regulated by cholesterol in humans. Previous studies investigating the effect of MTTP on ischemic heart disease have ...