Lipids and lipoproteins in cardiovascular diseases: a classification

Shruti Bhargava, Sofia de la Puente-Secades, Leon Schurgers, Joachim Jankowski*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Lipids and lipoproteins, their metabolism, and their transport are essential contributing factors of cardiovascular disease (CVD) as they regulate plasma cholesterol concentration, enhancing cholesterol uptake by macrophages, leading to foam cell formation and ultimately resulting in plaque formation and inflammation. However, lipids and lipoproteins have cardioprotective functions as well, such as preventing oxidation of proatherogenic molecules and downregulating inflammatory proteins.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)409-423
Number of pages15
JournalTrends in Endocrinology and Metabolism
Volume33
Issue number6
Early online date31 Mar 2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2022

Keywords

  • APOA-I
  • APOLIPOPROTEIN C-III
  • ATHEROSCLEROTIC LESIONS
  • CHOLESTEROL
  • CORONARY-HEART-DISEASE
  • HDL
  • HIGH-DENSITY-LIPOPROTEIN
  • PARTICLE NUMBER
  • POLYUNSATURATED FATTY-ACIDS
  • RISK

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