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SUBMITTER: Jamshidi Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2084489 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jamshidi Y Y Gooljar S B SB Snieder H H Wang X X Ge D D Swaminathan R R Spector T D TD O'Dell S D SD
Atherosclerosis 20070109 2
Insulin regulates apoB metabolism via activation of PI3K or regulation of MTP via MAPK/ERK signalling. SHP-2 enhances both pathways through increased IRS-1 phosphorylation. We hypothesized that variants in the SHP-2 gene PTPN11 and PI3K p85alpha subunit gene PIK3R1 may influence fasting levels of plasma apoB and/or LDL cholesterol. We tested association of tagging SNPs (tSNPs) in each gene with serum lipids in a large sample of unselected population-based Caucasian female twins (n=2771, mean age ...[more]