Background and Aims: Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a group of clinical syndromes
characterized by rupture or erosion of atherosclerotic unstable plaques. Effective …

Background Many aspects of autoimmune disease are not well understood, including the
specificities of autoimmune targets, and patterns of co-morbidity and cross-heritability across …

Cholesterol is an important sterol in mammals. Defects in cholesterol synthesis or
intracellular routing have devastating consequences already in utero: the Smith–Lemli …

Objectives Published data regarding the association between apolipoprotein E (ApoE) gene
polymorphism and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) risk in Chinese Han population were …

Haptoglobin (Hpt) binds the apolipoprotein (Apo) A–I domain, which is involved in
stimulating the enzyme lecithin‐cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) for cholesterol …

Abstract Background and Purpose: Numerous studies have evaluated the association
between apolipoprotein E (ApoE) gene polymorphisms and the risk of different subtypes of …

Haptoglobin (Hpt) binds apolipoprotein A‐I (ApoA‐I), and impairs its stimulation of lecithin:
cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT). LCAT plays a major role in reverse cholesterol transport …

Triglyceride-rich lipoproteins contain both apolipoproteins E (ApoE) and C-III (ApoC-III),
which show opposite functional properties. The relationships between the ApoE (ε2/ε3/ε4) …

Obesity and its associated complications have reached epidemic proportions in Western-
type societies. Concomitantly, the obesity incidence in developing countries is increasing …

Introduction Hypercholesterolemia is one of the most important risk factors for the
development of erectile dysfunction (ED) in men. Aim We employed an established mouse …