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BIOMEDICINE: Will the Real Cholesterol Transporter Please Stand Up
Eric L. Klett and Shailesh B. Patel
The link between high plasma cholesterol and heart disease has spurred interest in understanding cholesterol homeostasis. In their Perspective, Klett and Patel shed light on new research (Altmann et al.) that identifies a putative intestinal cholesterol transport protein, a key component of the dietary cholesterol absorption pathway.
The authors are in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Medical Genetics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29403, USA. E-mail: patelsb{at}musc.edu
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Scott W. Altmann, Harry R. Davis, Jr., Li-ji Zhu, Xiaorui Yao, Lizbeth M. Hoos, Glen Tetzloff, Sai Prasad N. Iyer, Maureen Maguire, Andrei Golovko, Ming Zeng, Luquan Wang, Nicholas Murgolo, and Michael P. Graziano (20 February 2004) Science303 (5661), 1201.
[DOI: 10.1126/science.1093131] |Abstract »|Full Text »|PDF »|Supporting Online Material »
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