Hyperlipidemia and cardiovascular disease: new insights on lipoprotein (a)

R Burkhardt - Current opinion in lipidology, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Elevated plasma level of LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C) is a modifiable major risk factor for
atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. Several LDL-C-lowering agents successfully reduce …

Genome-wide linkage analysis for identifying quantitative trait loci involved in the regulation of lipoprotein a (Lpa) levels

S López, A Buil, J Ordoñez, JC Souto… - European journal of …, 2008 - nature.com
Lipoprotein Lp (a) levels are highly heritable and are associated with cardiovascular risk.
We performed a genome-wide linkage analysis to delineate the genomic regions that …

Apolipoprotein (a) genetic sequence variants associated with systemic atherosclerosis and coronary atherosclerotic burden but not with venous thromboembolism

A Helgadottir, S Gretarsdottir, G Thorleifsson… - Journal of the American …, 2012 - jacc.org
Objectives: The purpose of this study is investigate the effects of variants in the
apolipoprotein (a) gene (LPA) on vascular diseases with different atherosclerotic and …

A comprehensive map of single-base polymorphisms in the hypervariable LPA kringle IV type 2 copy number variation region [S]

S Coassin, S Schönherr, H Weissensteiner… - Journal of lipid …, 2019 - ASBMB
Lipoprotein (a)[Lp (a)] concentrations are among the strongest genetic risk factors for
cardiovascular disease and present pronounced interethnic and interindividual differences …

Coronary artery disease and the risk-associated LPA variants, rs3798220 and rs10455872, in patients with suspected familial hypercholesterolaemia

MM Page, KL Ellis, J Pang, DC Chan, AJ Hooper… - Clinica Chimica …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background The rs3798220 and rs10455872 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in
LPA are associated with increased plasma concentrations of lipoprotein (a)[Lp (a)] and …

High degree of genetic polymorphism in apolipoprotein (a) associated with plasma lipoprotein (a) levels in Japanese and Chinese populations

S Kikuchi, A Nakagawa, K Kobayashi, L Li, H Yanagi… - Human genetics, 1993 - Springer
We have developed a sensitve, high-resolution method for the analysis of the apolipoprotein
(a)[apo (a)] isoforms using sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS)-agarose/gradient polyacrylamide …

Lipoprotein (a) levels in familial hypercholesterolemia: an important predictor of cardiovascular disease independent of the type of LDL receptor mutation

R Alonso, E Andres, N Mata, F Fuentes-Jiménez… - Journal of the American …, 2014 - jacc.org
Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between lipoprotein
(a)[Lp (a)] and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in a large cohort of patients with heterozygous …

Apolipoprotein (a) kringle-IV type 2 copy number variation is associated with venous thromboembolism

E Sticchi, A Magi, PR Kamstrup, R Marcucci, D Prisco… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
In addition to the established association between high lipoprotein (a)[Lp (a)] concentrations
and coronary artery disease, an association between Lp (a) and venous thromboembolism …

Genetic predictor to identify individuals with high lipoprotein (a) concentrations

JS Dron, M Wang, AP Patel, U Kartoun… - Circulation: Genomic …, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Recent advances in drug development aim to transi-tion lipoprotein (a)(Lp [a]) from a
predictive biomarker of cardiovascular disease to a therapeutic target. Among those with …

Relation of serum lipoprotein (a) levels to lipoprotein and apolipoprotein profiles and atherosclerotic diseases in Japanese patients with heterozygous familial …

R Naito, H Daida, D Masuda… - … of Atherosclerosis and …, 2022 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Aims: Lipoprotein (a)[Lp (a)] is a plasma lipoprotein consisting of a low-density lipoprotein
(LDL)–like particle with apolipoprotein (Apo)(a), attached via a disulfide bond to Apo B100 …