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Dietary and genetic interactions in the regulation of plasma lipoprotein(a)
1Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College School of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK.
Current Opinion in Lipidology
|March 30, 1999
Abstract:
Lipoprotein(a) is a plasma particle which is considered to be a risk factor for the development of coronary heart disease. Plasma levels of lipoprotein(a) are affected by different types of dietary fat and steroid hormones. Two regions upstream of the apolipoprotein(a) promoter have been isolated which could be the site of regulation of apolipoprotein(a) gene transcription.