Apolipoprotein E polymorphisms contribute to statin response in Chinese ASCVD patients with dyslipidemia

Abstract Background Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) plays an important role in lipid metabolism and clearance. Statins are the most common drugs used to modulate the lipid profile in the clinic therapy; the associations between ApoE polymorphisms and statin response to lipids were inconsistent in previous s...

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Main Authors: Lei Zhang, Siying He, Zuhua Li, Xuedong Gan, Siwei Li, Xiaohuan Cheng, Na Yang, Fang Zheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:Lipids in Health and Disease
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12944-019-1069-5