High density lipoprotein mimicking nanoparticles for atherosclerosis

Biodegradable synthetic high-density lipoprotein nanoparticles for atherosclerosis.

Atherosclerosis remains one of the most common causes of death in the United States and throughout the world because of the lack of early detection. Macrophage apoptosis is a major contributor to the instability of atherosclerotic lesions. Development of an apoptosis targeted high-density lipoprotein (HDL)-mimicking nanoparticle (NP) to carry contrast agents for early detection of vulnerable pl...

High - Density Lipoprotein and Atherosclerosis Regression

High-density lipoproteins (HDL) are typically defined as lipoprotein particles with buoyant densities from 1.063 to 1.21 g/mL and having apolipoprotein AI (apoAI) as the major apolipoprotein species. It has become increasingly appreciated that the HDL population consists of a collection of particles with diverse sizes, structures, and composition and functional properties that are thought to in...

Relationship between High-Density Lipoprotein and C-reactive Protein in Patients with Atherosclerosis

Abstract Background and Objective: Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease mostly caused by oxidation of low density lipoproteins (LDLs) while High-density lipoproteins (HDLs) oppose atherosclerosis by inhibiting the oxidation of LDLs. Serum concentration of C- reactive protein (CRP) also increases as an acute phase protein in inflammatory conditions like atherosclerosis. We aimed to evalu...

High -density lipoprotein cholesterol as a predictor for diabetes mellitus

Background: Diabetes is a prevalent chronic disease around the world. To evaluate risk of diabetes comprehensively, we developed a score model for the risk prediction with HDL-C as a protective factor. Methods: We extracted physical examination data of 2728 individuals. The data contain 18 demographic and clinical variables. To identify the statistical significant feature variables, the backwa...

High-density lipoprotein is a nanoparticle, but not all nanoparticles are high-density lipoprotein.