High-density lipoprotein: A fall from grace?

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 584-593

  Van Leuven, Sander I ^a   Stroes, Erik S ^a   Kastelein, John J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anacetrapib; Atherosclerosis; Atherothrombosis; CETP inhibition; Endothelium; HDL; Inflammation; LXR; PPAR; Torcetrapib

Indexed keywords

2 METHYLPROPANETHIOIC ACID S [2 [1 (2 ETHYLBUTYL)CYCLOHEXYLCARBOXAMIDO]PHENYL] ESTER; ANACETRAPIB; ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; APL 180; APOLIPOPROTEIN AI MILANO; ATORVASTATIN; CHOLESTEROL ESTER TRANSFER PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL ESTER TRANSFER PROTEIN INHIBITOR; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LIVER X RECEPTOR; LIVER X RECEPTOR AGONIST; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR; RECOMBINANT APOLIPOPROTEIN AI MILANO PHOSPHOLIPID COMPLEX; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TORCETRAPIB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPOTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ANIMALS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL ESTER TRANSFER PROTEINS; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; QUINOLINES;

EID: 56749140708     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: 16512219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07853890802082104     Document Type: Review

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