Apolipoprotein A-I gene polymorphisms: frequency in patients with coronary artery disease and healthy controls and association with serum apo A-I and HDL-cholesterol concentration.
Genetic variation in the cholesteryl ester transfer protein and apolipoprotein A-I genes and its relation to coronary heart disease in a Sri Lankan population.
Apolipoprotein(a) phenotypes, Lp(a) concentration and plasma lipid levels in relation to coronary heart disease in a Chinese population: evidence for the role of the apo(a) gene in coronary heart disease.
Plasma levels of two lipoprotein risk factors, high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C) and apolipoprotein A-1 (apo A-1), have been shown to be negatively associated with the risk of developing coronary artery disease, and several reports have examined familial factors in HDL-C and apo A-1 levels.
A Pst-I RFLP polymorphism adjacent to the 3' end of the apolipoprotein A-I gene is reported to associate with hypoalphalipoproteinaemia with dominant inheritance in families identified through accelerated coronary heart disease.
The results show for the first time an impaired postprandial lipoprotein removal in a case heterozygote with moderately low HDL cholesterol due to an apolipoprotein A-1 mutation not associated with coronary artery disease.
Compound heterozygosity for a structural apolipoprotein A-I variant, apo A-I(L141R)Pisa, and an apolipoprotein A-I null allele in patients with absence of HDL cholesterol, corneal opacifications, and coronary heart disease.
Within the apolipoprotein A-I-C-III-A-IV gene cluster, the Ssti polymorphism in the 3' untranslated region of the apolipoprotein C-III gene is the variant site most consistently and strongly associated with raised plasma triglyceride levels and coronary artery disease.
As the major apoprotein of high density lipoprotein (HDL), apolipoprotein A1 (apo-A1) is generally accepted as a protective factor for coronary artery disease.
Elevated plasma levels of apolipoproteins A1 (apoA1) and B (apoB) are important protective factors and risk factors, respectively, for atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease.
MspI polymorphism at +83 bp in intron 1 of the human apolipoprotein A1 gene is associated with elevated levels of HDL cholesterol and apolipoprotein A1 in nondiabetic subjects but not in type 2 diabetic patients with coronary heart disease.
The association between lipoprotein(a) levels, apolipoprotein(a) size and the (TTTTA)(n) polymorphism which is located in the 5' non-coding region of the apo(a) gene was studied in 263 patients with severe coronary heart disease and 97 healthy subjects.
Carriers of the apolipoprotein A-I(Milano) (apoA-I(M)) mutant present with very low plasma HDL cholesterol and moderate hypertriglyceridemia, apparently not leading to premature coronary heart disease.
Identification of mutations in the ATP binding cassette transporter (ABCA1) gene in patients with Tangier disease, who exhibit reduced HDL cholesterol (HDL-C) and apolipoprotein A1 (apoA1) levels and premature coronary atherosclerosis, has led to the hypothesis that common polymorphisms in the ABCA1 gene could determine HDL-C and apoA1 levels and the risk of coronary atherosclerosis in the general population.
Elevated plasma levels of HDL cholesterol or apolipoprotein A-I, the major protein moiety of HDL particles, are protective against coronary artery disease.
Recent evidence from a double-blind, randomized study showed that treatment with apolipoprotein A-I Milano (ApoA-I Milano) in a complex with phospholipids produced significant regression of the coronary atheroma burden in patients with acute coronary syndromes.