HDL deficiency and atherosclerosis: Lessons from Tangier disease [1]

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 255, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 299-301

  Hovingh, G K ^a   Kuivenhoven, J A ^a   Bisoendial, R J ^a   Groen, A K ^a   Van Dam, M ^a   Van Tol, A ^b   Wellington, C ^c   Hayden, M R ^c   Smelt, A H M ^d   Kastelein, J J P ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ABCA1 GENE; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FATALITY; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LETTER; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANGIER DISEASE;

ADULT; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TANGIER DISEASE;

EID: 10744226945     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0954-6820.2003.01256.x     Document Type: Letter

References (7)

1. Brooks-Wilson A, Marcil M, Clee SM et al. Mutations in ABC1 in Tangier disease and familial high-density lipoprotein deficiency. Nat Genet 1999; 22: 336-45.
2. Bodzioch M, Orso E, Klucken J et al. The gene encoding ATP-binding cassette transporter 1 is mutated in Tangier disease. Nat Genet 1999; 22: 347-51.
3. Rust S, Rosier M, Funke H et al. Tangier disease is caused by mutations in the gene encoding ATP-binding cassette transporter 1. Nat Genet 1999; 22: 352-55.
4. Serfaty-Lacrosniere C, Civeira F, Lanzberg A et al. Homozygous Tangier disease and cardiovascular disease. Atherosclerosis 1994; 107: 85-98.
5. Van Dam M, de Groot E, Clee SM et al. Association between increased arterial-wall thickness and impairment in ABCA1-driven cholesterol efflux: an observational study. Lancet 2002; 359: 37-41.
6. Singaraja RR, Fievet C, Castro G et al. Increased ABCA1 activity protects against atherosclerosis. J Clin Invest 2002; 110: 35-42.
7. Asztalos BF, Brousseau ME, McNamara JR et al. Subpopulations of high density in homozygous and heterozygous Tangier disease. Atherosclerosis 2001; 156: 217-25.