OBJECTIVE Angiopoietin-like protein 3 (ANGPTL3) and 4 (ANGPTL4) are secreted proteins that inhibit lipoprotein lipase in vitro. Genetic variants at the ANGPTL3 and ANGPTL4 gene loci are significantly associated with plasma lipid traits. The aim of this study was to evaluate the association of plasma ANGPTL3 and ANGPTL4 concentrations with lipid and metabolic traits in a large community-based sa...


 The purpose of this research was to investigate the beneficial effects phosphatidylcholine in reducing changes both lipid and protein profiles addition atherogenic index adult rats with fructose-induced metabolic syndrome. Thirty-six mature Wistar Albino female (Rattus norvegicus) (aged 12-15 weeks weighing 200±10 g) were divided randomly into four groups (G1, G2, G3, G4); then variable ...

The relationships of total cholesterol and the proportion of cholesterol in individual lipoprotein classes to coronary heart disease are complex. To help simplify these relationships, cholesterol values are often combined into one summary estimate to form a single risk factor with a relationship to disease that is more easily described. Although summary estimates result in convenient expression...

BACKGROUND The prevalence and risk of cardiovascular disease increase after menopause in correlation with the progression of abnormality in the serum lipid profile and the deprivation of estrogen. Erxian decoction (EXD), a Chinese medicinal formulation for treating menopausal syndrome, stimulates ovarian estrogen biosynthesis. This study investigates whether EXD improves the serum lipid profile...

A cross-over study, comparing the effects of doxazosin, moduretic and amlodipine on plasma lipid and lipoprotein levels in 9 hypertensive Nigerians aged 35 to 65 years is presented. Doxazosin therapy had favourable lipid changes characterized by a statistically significant reduction in total cholesterol (TC) at 6 months. Though consistent reduction was observed in total triglycerides (TG) low d...

A low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) level is one of the strongest predictors of coronary risk (1). The negative correlation between coronary artery disease (CAD) and plasma HDL-C has been attributed to the ability of HDL to take up cellular cholesterol from the periphery and to mediate the transport of excess cholesterol to the liver (reverse cholesterol transport, RCT) (2). In J...

BACKGROUND Adipose harbors a large depot of free cholesterol. However, a role for adipose in cholesterol lipidation of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) in vivo is not established. We present the first evidence that adipocytes support transfer of cholesterol to HDL in vivo as well as in vitro and implicate ATP-binding cassette subfamily A member 1 (ABCA1) and scavenger receptor class B type I (SR-...

In the Twin Cities Prospective Study, executive men aged 45 to 55 and "healthy" at the entry examinations in 1948 were re-examined yearly to 1975. Follow-up through 1983 lost only one man. High density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL) in the serum was measured in 1955 with a method checked with recent standard methods. Among 217 men, 130 were dead by 1983, 56 from coronary heart disease (CHD) and ...