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  • Wong, W.P.; Altemus, J.B.; Hester, J.F.; Chan, E.R.; Cote, J.F.; Serre, D.; Sehayek, E.
    Cathepsin B is a novel gender-dependent determinant of cholesterol absorption from the intestine (2013), J. Lipid Res., 54, 816-822.
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Organism

Organism UniProt Comment Textmining
Mus musculus
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Synonyms

Synonyms Comment Organism
cathepsin B
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Mus musculus
CTSB
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Mus musculus

General Information

General Information Comment Organism
malfunction female Ctsb knockout mice, but not males, display a decrease of 31% in cholesterol absorption Mus musculus
malfunction fine-mapping studies along with gene expression efforts and studies in knockout animals identified Ctsb as a gender-dependent modifier of cholesterol absorption from the intestine Mus musculus