Beyond LDL cholesterol, a new role for PCSK9

Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2010 Jul;30(7):1279-81. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.110.209007.
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Publication types

  • Editorial
  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Atherosclerosis / enzymology*
  • Atherosclerosis / genetics
  • Atherosclerosis / pathology
  • Cholesterol, Dietary / blood
  • Cholesterol, LDL / blood
  • Cholesterol, LDL / metabolism*
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
  • Humans
  • Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II / enzymology*
  • Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II / genetics
  • Hyperlipoproteinemia Type II / pathology
  • Intestine, Small / enzymology
  • Liver / enzymology*
  • Mice
  • Mutation
  • Phenotype
  • Proprotein Convertase 9
  • Proprotein Convertases
  • Receptors, LDL / metabolism
  • Serine Endopeptidases / genetics
  • Serine Endopeptidases / metabolism*
  • Triglycerides / blood
  • Up-Regulation

Substances

  • Cholesterol, Dietary
  • Cholesterol, LDL
  • Receptors, LDL
  • Triglycerides
  • PCSK9 protein, human
  • Proprotein Convertase 9
  • Proprotein Convertases
  • Serine Endopeptidases