Cindy St. Hilaire: The third article I want to highlight is by Helmus and LaRose et al, and it's titled SMC-Abca1 and Abcg1 Deficiency Enhances Urinary Bladder Distension but Not Atherosclerosis.

Familial hypercholesterolemia results from gene mutations approximately halving the number of functional LDL receptors in heterozygotes and a greater lack in homozygotes. Reduced receptor-mediated ...

Abstract Polymorphic variants in the PTEN (rs2735343), PI3K (rs2699887), AKT1 (rs2494750), AR (rs17302090), and AMACR (rs3195676) genes were evaluated as possible molecular markers of susceptibility, ...