ABCA1-mediated transport of cellular cholesterol and phospholipids to HDL apolipoproteins.

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Several mutations in the apolipoprotein (apo) B, proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin 9 (PCSK9) and microsomal triglyceride transfer protein genes result in low or absent levels of apoB and LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) in plasma which cause familial hypobetalipoproteinemia (FHBL) and abetalipoproteinemia...

journal_title：Current opinion in lipidology

authors： Welty FK

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Atherogenic dyslipidaemia, characterized by high plasma triglycerides (a surrogate for triglyceride-rich remnant lipoproteins) and low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), is prevalent in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and contributes to a high modifiable residual cardiovascula...

journal_title：Current opinion in lipidology

authors： Fruchart JC,Santos RD

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recently revised guidelines for cholesterol management in Europe and the USA have focused attention on triglycerides and HDL cholesterol as risk factors for coronary heart disease. In the present review, I shall discuss therapeutic considerations in the treatment of patients with hypertriglyceridemia or low HDL ch...

journal_title：Current opinion in lipidology

authors： Larsen ML

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Bile acid sequestrants (BAS) have been used for more than 50 years in the treatment of hypercholesterolemia. The last decade, bile acids are emerging as integrated regulators of metabolism via induction of various signal transduction pathways. Consequently, BAS treatment may exert unexpected side-effe...

journal_title：Current opinion in lipidology

authors： Out C,Groen AK,Brufau G

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (HoFH) is a rare disorder associated with early atherosclerotic disease due to impairment of the LDL receptor (LDLR) pathway. Because of their molecular defect, current treatment options have limited success in bringing HoFH patient to LDL-C target and morbidit...

journal_title：Current opinion in lipidology

authors： Bajaj A,Cuchel M

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Fibrates continue to be a viable treatment option for mixed atherogenic dyslipidemia, and recent reports from clinical studies have shed new light on the therapeutic utility of fibrates for the prevention of microvascular and macrovascular disease, especially in combination with statins. RECENT FINDI...

journal_title：Current opinion in lipidology

authors： Saha SA,Arora RR

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To provide an update on clinical trials of gene therapy for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease published since 1 August 2001 and summarize the general advantages and potential problems of gene transfer in these disorders. RECENT FINDINGS:There are two major areas in which gene therapy has entered...

journal_title：Current opinion in lipidology

authors： Freedman SB

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This article provides recent insights on the early onset of atherosclerosis in heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia and reports on novel treatment options as well as on the consequences of long-term statin use in childhood. RECENT FINDINGS:Children with familial hypercholesterolemia have greate...

journal_title：Current opinion in lipidology

authors： Braamskamp MJ,Hutten BA,Wiegman A

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Statins are the most prescribed medications worldwide with a proven ability to reduce major cardiovascular events. Recent data have revealed that statin therapy is associated with an increased risk for developing diabetes. We discuss the relevant data including newly published results, which demonstra...

journal_title：Current opinion in lipidology

authors： Preiss D,Sattar N

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Somatic gene therapy for the treatment of dyslipidemia is an area of active investigation. A substantial body of data indicates that the transfer of various lipid-lowering genes to the liver is an effective method of restoring normal plasma lipids in animal models of dyslipidemia. Most studies have used adenoviral vec...

journal_title：Current opinion in lipidology

authors： Oka K,Davis AR,Chan L

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Capsaicin and its nonpungent analog (capsinoids) are known to be food ingredients that increase energy expenditure and decrease body fat. This article reviews the role of brown adipose tissue (BAT) for the thermogenic effect of these compounds in humans and proposes the possibility of some other antio...

journal_title：Current opinion in lipidology

authors： Saito M,Yoneshiro T

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Angiogenesis and inflammation are important features in atherosclerotic plaque destabilization. The transcription factors hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha and Notch are key regulators of angiogenesis. In addition, hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha has been linked to regulation of inflammatory processes a...

journal_title：Current opinion in lipidology

authors： Ruas JL,Lendahl U,Poellinger L

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism and regulation of the degradation of cholesterol into bile acids has attracted increased interest, in particular after the recent discovery that nuclear receptors (farnesoid X receptor and liver X receptor) are involved in the regulation of bile acid synthesis. Recently, it has also been shown that the b...

journal_title：Current opinion in lipidology

authors： Björkhem I,Eggertsen G

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Current data suggest that proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitors may affect many metabolic pathways beyond lowering LDL cholesterol. The aim of the present manuscript is to present these so-called pleiotropic effects of PCSK9 inhibitors. RECENT FINDINGS:PCSK9 may affect the ...

journal_title：Current opinion in lipidology

authors： Filippatos TD,Christopoulou EC,Elisaf MS

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The protective effect of HDL against the development of atherosclerosis appears to be multifaceted involving a number of mechanisms. One of the major mechanisms is, however, the ability of HDL to decrease, directly or indirectly, the lipid peroxidation of LDL. The hydrolysis of lipid peroxides by PON1 makes a major co...

journal_title：Current opinion in lipidology

authors： Mackness MI,Durrington PN,Mackness B

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HDL protects LDL from oxidative damage known to contribute to the onset and progression of atherosclerosis. This antioxidant protection by HDL is mediated by intrinsic hydrolytic enzyme systems, by accelerated selective uptake of lipid peroxides from HDL and by antioxidant molecules. Oxidative damage suffered by HDL a...

journal_title：Current opinion in lipidology

authors： Banka CL

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:To describe the prevalence and population-specific genetic heterogeneity of familial hypercholesterolemia in South Africa. RECENT FINDINGS:This review highlights the paucity of data on familial hypercholesterolemia in South Africa, and the urgent need to uncover the mutation profiles in lipid-associa...

journal_title：Current opinion in lipidology

authors： Smyth N,Ramsay M,Raal FJ

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The science and policy of functional foods are a matter of global concern and this review provides up-to-date information about the Japanese 'food for specified health use' policy based on functional food science. RECENT FINDINGS:A great many studies on nonnutritive but physiologically functional foo...

journal_title：Current opinion in lipidology

authors： Arai S,Yasuoka A,Abe K

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:As our understanding of cardiovascular disease has advanced over the past decades, multiple novel treatment strategies have been developed with the hope of reducing the global morbidity and mortality associated with this condition. Large-scale trials to test such novel therapies using clinical end poi...

journal_title：Current opinion in lipidology

authors： Doris MK,Dweck MR,Fayad ZA

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rather than a link in a causal chain leading to hypertension, insulin resistance and resultant hyperinsulinemia may be 'spokes on a wheel', with central or visceral obesity as the postulated hub of the wheel. Hypertension, hypertriglyceridemia and high density lipoprotein cholesterol are depicted as other spokes. Newl...

journal_title：Current opinion in lipidology

authors： Hopkins PN,Hunt SC,Wu LL,Williams GH,Williams RR

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:The number of deaths associated with cardiovascular disease remains high, despite great advances in treating the associated high levels of cholesterol. The main underlying pathology of cardiovascular disease is atherosclerosis, which is recognized as a chronic autoimmune-like inflammatory disease. Hen...

journal_title：Current opinion in lipidology

authors： Douna H,Kuiper J

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Because human genetic studies and large clinical trials have demonstrated that HDL-cholesterol levels are not causally related to cardiovascular disease risk, attention has shifted toward the functional properties of HDL. Infusion of HDL mimetics containing apolipoprotein A-I remains a potential strat...

journal_title：Current opinion in lipidology

authors： Zheng KH,Stroes ES

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Response to statin treatment can vary widely from person to person as a result of inherited traits (genotype) and acquired characteristics such as obesity (phenotype). The aim of this review is to describe what is known about factors that determine a patient's response, and to offer a mechanism to exp...

journal_title：Current opinion in lipidology

authors： Caslake MJ,Packard CJ

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:It is well accepted that LDLs and its modified form oxidized-LDL (ox-LDL) play a major role in the development of atherosclerosis and foam cell formation. Whereas the majority of these cells have been demonstrated to be derived from macrophages, smooth muscle cells (SMCs) give rise to a significant nu...

journal_title：Current opinion in lipidology

authors： Chaabane C,Coen M,Bochaton-Piallat ML

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present review summarizes recent advances in the transcriptional regulation of the human apolipoprotein genes, focusing mostly, but not exclusively, on in-vivo studies and signaling mechanisms that affect apolipoprotein gene transcription. An attempt is made to explain how interactions of transcription factors tha...

journal_title：Current opinion in lipidology

authors： Zannis VI,Kan HY,Kritis A,Zanni EE,Kardassis D

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apolipoprotein A-I-containing lipoproteins represent a heterogeneous group of lipoparticles. Recent studies suggest that a specific subpopulation within the lipoprotein (AI) subclass may be more effective than other lipoproteins in promoting cholesterol efflux from cells and in the different steps of reverse cholester...

journal_title：Current opinion in lipidology

authors： Leroy A,Dallongeville J,Fruchart JC

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New insights into the endothelium as a dynamic, interactive organ have generated increased interest in endothelial cell transcriptional regulation. Peroxisomal proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs), as ligand-activated nuclear receptors expressed in endothelial cells, represent one important pathway that likely inf...

journal_title：Current opinion in lipidology

authors： Plutzky J

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:Lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease; we highlight the most recent research initiatives that have sought to define Lp(a)-dependent pathogenicity as well as pharmacologic approaches to lowering Lp(a). RECENT FINDINGS:Recent large-scale meta-analyses have confirmed elevate...

journal_title：Current opinion in lipidology

authors： Dubé JB,Boffa MB,Hegele RA,Koschinsky ML

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:We will discuss the diverse roles of lipoprotein receptors that contribute to the maintenance and integrity of the vascular wall. RECENT FINDINGS:Lipoprotein receptors function not only as transporters for cholesterol and other lipids. They also act as sensors and signal transducers through which the...

journal_title：Current opinion in lipidology

authors： Herz J,Hui DY

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE OF REVIEW:This review covers recent developments in microarray studies in the field of atherogenesis research. RECENT FINDINGS:During the past year microarrays have been applied to the analysis of pathogenic mechanisms of several atherosclerosis risk factors, including ageing, hypertension, obesity, and cytome...

journal_title：Current opinion in lipidology

authors： Tuomisto TT,Ylä-Herttuala S

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00