Nature Communications (Jul 2019)

The LipoGlo reporter system for sensitive and specific monitoring of atherogenic lipoproteins

  • James H. Thierer,
  • Stephen C. Ekker,
  • Steven A. Farber

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11259-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Atherosclerosis results from the accumulation of lipoproteins in the vascular wall. Here, Thierer et al. report the design of a chemiluminescent reporter for atherogenic lipoproteins using fusion of apolipoprotein-B to a luciferase enzyme, and find it bears potential for the identification of regulators of lipoprotein metabolism in vivo.