Ancestry, Lipoprotein(a), and Cardiovascular Risk Thresholds: JACC Review Topic of the Week

S Tsimikas, SM Marcovina - Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2022 - jacc.org
… in the genetics of the LPA gene, risk categories of elevated … Black, 1,047 White, and 603
Hispanic individuals), the distribution of the major apo(a) isoform reflects the global population

Genetics of Lipoprotein (a)

G Utermann - Lipoprotein (a), 2023 - Springer
… the characteristic apolipoprotein(a)(apo(a)). Lp(a) occurs as a quantitative genetic trait with
… The major gene controlling the quantitative Lp(a) trait is LPA which codes for apo(a). Two …

60 Years of Lp (a) Research: From Ouchterlonys Double Diffusion to Copy Number Variation and a Significant Risk Factor for CHD

G Utermann - Lipoprotein (a), 2023 - Springer
… of the genetic size polymorphism of apo(a)which … Africa and from Gabon demonstrated that
the LPA locus is the major locus determining Lp(a) levels also in autochthonous populations

Contemporary perspectives on the genetics and clinical use of lipoprotein (a) in preventive cardiology

MM Page, GF Watts - Current Opinion in Cardiology, 2021 - journals.lww.com
… Therefore, unless homozygous for two LPA genes of identical KIV-2 repeat number, most
people have two different isoforms of apo(a). A person with two large isoforms may have low …

Correlations between lipoprotein (a) gene polymorphisms and calcific aortic valve disease and coronary heart disease in Han Chinese

H Dong, H Cong, J Wang, Y Jiang… - Journal of …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Lp(a) concentrations are particularly dependent on Apo A … associated with smaller Apo A
isoforms and higher Lp(a) … risks are not linked to genetic variation in LPA at SNPs rs6415084, …

[HTML][HTML] … Strong Association of CETP Variants With High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and PCSK9 Variants With Low Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol in Ghanaian …

G Agongo, L Amenga-Etego, EA Nonterah… - … in Genetics, 2020 - frontiersin.org
… descent, but not resident in Africa, and thus genes chosen may not be appropriate for
indigenous African populations. Furthermore, only eight genes were included in the study and …

[HTML][HTML] Nutritional markers and proteome in patients undergoing treatment for pulmonary tuberculosis differ by geographic region

LG Jarsberg, K Kedia, J Wendler, AT Wright… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
… in the African cohort for both timepoints, apolipoprotein(a) (APOA) and Apolipoprotein L1
(… African genetics and way of life on the proteomic signature. Finally, the parent clinical trial …

[图书][B] Lipoprotein (a)

K Kostner, GM Kostner, PP Toth - 2023 - books.google.com
… Insight into the genetics of Lp(a) is progressing … Africa and from Gabon demonstrated that
the LPA locus is the major locus determining Lp(a) levels also in autochthonous populations

[PDF][PDF] Novel genetic risk factors in coronary artery disease and related biomarkers

S Ruotsalainen - 2022 - helda.helsinki.fi
… with Lp(a) and inflammation we gained relevant information on genetic determinants of Lp(a)
and … B100 (apoB100), and the other part is apolipoprotein a (apo(a)) covalently bound by a …

Unresolved Questions

GM Kostner, K Kostner - Lipoprotein (a), 2023 - Springer
… the point that due to the great genetic heterogeneity of LPA, it will be hardly possible to have
… (a) is complexed with LDL, and there is an appreciable amount of free apo(a) and apo(a) …