TY  - JOUR
T1  - HIgh-cholesterol pigs
AU  - Hampton T
Y1  - 2013/02/06
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2013.54
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 431
EP  - 431
VL  - 309
IS  - 5
N2  - 
The researchers inserted a mutated form of the gene that encodes proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin type 9 (PCSK9) into Yucatan minipigs. Humans with mutated PCSK9 develop severe hypercholesterolemia and early atherosclerotic vascular disease.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2013.54
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2013.54
ER  -