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A Lipid Binding Structure And Functional Analysis Of Human Arv1, Jessie Lee Cunningham
A Lipid Binding Structure And Functional Analysis Of Human Arv1, Jessie Lee Cunningham
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Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) is a combination of risk factors that can over time increase the probability of developing diseases, including cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Acyl-coenzyme-A: cholesterol O-acyl transferase related enzyme required for viability-1, abbreviated as Arv1, is an evolutionarily conserved putative lipid binding protein. Several studies have implicated hArv1 as a critical regulator of lipid transport and trafficking.
Recent work using an Arv1 knock out (KO) mouse model have established a clear link between Arv1 function and the progression of MetS and NAFLD/NASH [unpublished data] [1]. Overall, studies show that …