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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Opin Lipidol. 2017 Apr;28(2):113–119. doi: 10.1097/MOL.0000000000000389

Table 1.

Protein-altering variants associated with plasma lipids and risk of coronary artery disease

Gene Protein altering
variant(s)
Main plasma lipid
alteration
Associated risk
of coronary
artery disease
Reference
LDLR Multiple loss of function Increased LDL cholesterol Increased [31]
PCSK9 p.R46L, p.Y142*, p.C697* Reduced LDL cholesterol Reduced [4]
NPC1L1 Multiple loss of function Reduced LDL cholesterol Reduced [20]
LPA p.I1837M Increased lipoprotein(a) Increased [43]
LPA Multiple loss of function Reduced lipoprotein(a) Reduced [44]
ASGR1 Multiple loss of function Reduced non-HDL cholesterol Reduced [19]
APOA5 Multiple loss of function Increased TRL Increased [31]
ANGPTL4 p.E40K, multiple loss of function Reduced TRL Reduced [45]
APOC3 Multiple loss of function Reduced TRL Reduced [29, 30]
LPL p.D36N Increased TRL Increased [45]
LPL p.S447* Reduced TRL Reduced [45]

LDL = low-density lipoprotein; HDL = high-density lipoprotein; TRL = triglyceride-rich lipoproteins