Inflammation, Adiposity, and Atherogenic Dyslipidemia in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Is There a Paradoxical Relationship?

Current Allergy and Asthma Reports

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1-10

  Bag Ozbek, Ayse ^a   Giles, Jon T ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adipose inflammation; Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular; Lipids; Lipoproteins; Pro inflammatory HDL; Risk prediction

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ATHEROGENESIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; ANIMAL; COMPLICATION; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; IMMUNOLOGY; LIPID METABOLISM;

ADIPOSITY; ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LIPID METABOLISM; OBESITY;

EID: 84919392185     PISSN: 15297322     EISSN: 15346315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11882-014-0497-6     Document Type: Review

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