 Anacetrapib (Merck & Co., Inc.) is a cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) inhibitor that blocks the transfer of cholesterol from high-density lipoprotein to other lipoproteins. This results in an increase in high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) and a decrease in low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), which may reduce the development of atherosclerosis. Anacetrapib has not b...

Incubation of cultured arterial smooth muscle cells with large concentrations of low density lipoproteins (LDL) resulted in a net increase in cell cholesterol and cholesteryl ester mass that was dependent on LDL concentration and time of incubation. Use of an inhibitor of acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyl-transferase (ACAT) reduced the accumulation of cholesteryl ester mass by 40% (range 25% to 50%), s...

BACKGROUND Although biomarkers are used as surrogate measures for drug targeting and approval and are generally based on plausible biological hypotheses, some are found to not correlate well with clinical outcomes. Over-reliance on inadequately validated biomarkers in drug development can lead to harm to trial subjects and patients and to research waste. To shed greater light on the process and...

An initial step in reverse cholesterol transport is the movement of unesterified cholesterol from peripheral cells to high-density lipoproteins (HDLs). This transfer usually occurs in extracellular spaces, such as the subendothelial space of a vessel wall, and is promoted by the interaction of lipid-free or lipid-poor apolipoprotein (apo)AI with ATP binding cassette A1 cellular transporters on ...

The content of cholesterol and cholesterol ester as well as the levels of acyl coenzyme A:cholesterol acyltransferase activity were determined in the microsomes from Morris hepatomas 7777, 5123D, and 7787. The free cholesterol content, expressed per mg microsomal protein, was significantly increased only in the microsomes from Morris hepatoma 7777 [47.8 +/- 0.4 micrograms (S.D.); p less than 0....

Cheng-ai Wu, Maki Tsujita, Kuniko Okumura-Noji, Shinichi Usui, Hajime Kakuuchi, Mitsuyo Deficient Mice − Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein Expressed in Lecithin Cholesterol Acyltransferase Print ISSN: 1079-5642. Online ISSN: 1524-4636 Copyright © 2002 American Heart Association, Inc. All rights reserved. Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX 75231 is published by the American Heart Association, 7272 A...