Protective lipid-lowering variants in healthy older individuals without coronary heart disease.
Open Heart
Lacaze, Paul P; Riaz, Moeen M; Sebra, Robert R; Hooper, Amanda J AJ; Pang, Jing J; Tiller, Jane J; Polekhina, Galina G; Tonkin, Andrew A; Reid, Chris C; Zoungas, Sophia S; Murray, Anne M AM; Nicholls, Stephen S; Watts, Gerald G; Schadt, Eric E; McNeil, John J JJ
Publication Date: 2021-07
Variant appearance in text: PCSK9: 709C>T; Arg237Trp; rs148195424
Both rare and common variants in PCSK9 influence plasma low-density lipoprotein cholesterol level in American Indians.
The Journal Of Clinical Endocrinology And Metabolism
Tsai, Ching-Wei CW; North, Kari E KE; Tin, Adrienne A; Haack, Karin K; Franceschini, Nora N; Saroja Voruganti, V V; Laston, Sandy S; Zhang, Ying Y; Best, Lyle G LG; MacCluer, Jean W JW; Beaty, Terri H TH; Navas-Acien, Ana A; Kao, W H Linda WH; Howard, Barbara V BV
A PCSK9-binding antibody that structurally mimics the EGF(A) domain of LDL-receptor reduces LDL cholesterol in vivo.
Journal Of Lipid Research
Ni, Yan G YG; Di Marco, Stefania S; Condra, Jon H JH; Peterson, Laurence B LB; Wang, Weirong W; Wang, Fubao F; Pandit, Shilpa S; Hammond, Holly A HA; Rosa, Ray R; Cummings, Richard T RT; Wood, Dana D DD; Liu, Xiaomei X; Bottomley, Matthew J MJ; Shen, Xun X; Cubbon, Rose M RM; Wang, Sheng-ping SP; Johns, Douglas G DG; Volpari, Cinzia C; Hamuro, Lora L; Chin, Jayne J; Huang, Lingyi L; Zhao, Jing Zhang JZ; Vitelli, Salvatore S; Haytko, Peter P; Wisniewski, Douglas D; Mitnaul, Lyndon J LJ; Sparrow, Carl P CP; Hubbard, Brian B; Carfí, Andrea A; Sitlani, Ayesha A
Evidence for positive selection in the C-terminal domain of the cholesterol metabolism gene PCSK9 based on phylogenetic analysis in 14 primate species.