COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR EFFECTING THE LEVELS OF CHOLESTEROL

摘要

Compositions and methods for raising the level of HDL cholesterol and apolipoprotein AI in a patient and for lowering the levels of VLDL cholesterol and LDL cholesterol in a patient, including compositions and methods which effect the expression of a gene, LIPG, which encodes a lipase enzyme that is a member of the tryacylglycerol lipase family or which effect the enzymatic activity of the enzyme.