A zebrafish model of a rare genetic disease has revealed an unexpected regulatory pathway for cholesterol absorption and processing.
The findings, reported in the Journal of Molecular Medicine, were "quite surprising and have the potential to teach us about the basic physiology of cholesterol management," said Ela Knapik, M.D., associate professor of Medicine and Cell and Developmental Biology.
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