[The epsilon4 allele of the gene encoding apolipoprotein E (apoE) is associated with elevated serum levels of total cholesterol (TC) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), as well as an increased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD), greater disease severity, and higher CHD mortality.]. Sentence from MEDLINE/PubMed, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Gene-disease associations inferred from text-mining the literature.
DisGeNET evidence - LITERATURE