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Berberine decreases PCSK9 expression in HepG2 cells
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Metadata
- Authors
- Cameron, J., Ranheim, T., Kulseth, M. A., Leren, T. P., & Berge, K. E.
- Venue
- Atherosclerosis
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2008-12
- Volume
- 201
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 266-273
- ISSN
- 0021-9150 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2011857098
- Cited by
- 233
- References
- 4
- FWCI
- 6.46
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
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