Deficiency of ASGR1 in pigs recapitulates reduced risk factor for cardiovascular disease in humans

Genetic variants in the asialoglycoprotein receptor 1 (ASGR1) are associated with a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in humans. However, the underlying molecular mechanism remains elusive. Given the cardiovascular similarities between pigs and humans, we generated ASGR1-deficient pigs us...

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Main Authors: Baocai Xie, Xiaochen Shi, Yan Li, Bo Xia, Jia Zhou, Minjie Du, Xiangyang Xing, Liang Bai, Enqi Liu, Fernando Alvarez, Long Jin, Shaoping Deng, Grant A. Mitchell, Dengke Pan, Mingzhou Li, Jiangwei Wu
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Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/8844bd7497d64e73ab87e18292a072e0
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