[In summary, a slightly but constantly decreased cleavage-rate of the SREBP-2-595A-isoform compared to that of the SREBP-2-595G-isoform may lead to a reduced transcriptional activation of the LDL receptor-gene weakening the SREBP-mediated compensation mechanisms, and may, therefore, be a critical factor in the development of polygenic hypercholesterolaemia.]. 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