'IDOLizing' low cholesterol
Monday, July 18, 2011 - 13:30
in Health & Medicine
High levels of "bad" cholesterol (LDL cholesterol) are a risk factor for developing a disease of the major arterial blood vessels that is one of the major causes of heart attack and stroke. New human genetic and mechanistic studies have now identified the protein MYLIP (also known as IDOL) as a potential new target for an LDL cholesterol-lowering therapeutic.