Hypercholesterolemia and apolipoprotein B expression: Regulation by selenium status

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Apolipoprotein B (apoB) contains ligand-binding domain for the binding of LDL to LDL-R site, which enables the removal of LDL from circulation. Our recent data showed that selenium (Se) is involved in the lipid metabolism. The presen...

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Main Authors: Bansal Mohinder P, Dhingra Sanjiv
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-11-01
Series:Lipids in Health and Disease
Online Access:http://www.lipidworld.com/content/4/1/28