Familial hypercholesterolaemia: evolving knowledge for designing adaptive models of care

GF Watts, SS Gidding, P Mata, J Pang… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Optimal care for familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) requires patient-centred management,
multidisciplinary teamwork, involvement of primary care practitioners, patient networks …

A new dawn for managing dyslipidemias: The era of rna-based therapies

C Macchi, CR Sirtori, A Corsini, RD Santos… - Pharmacological …, 2019 - Elsevier
The high occurrence of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) events is still a
major public health issue. Although a major determinant of ASCVD event reduction is the …

Effect of lipoprotein (a) on the diagnosis of familial hypercholesterolemia: does it make a difference in the clinic?

DC Chan, J Pang, AJ Hooper, DA Bell… - Clinical …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
BACKGROUND Diagnostic tools for familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) rely on estimation of
LDL cholesterol concentration. However, routine measurement or calculation of LDL …

The marine‐derived furanone reduces intracellular lipid accumulation in vitro by targeting LXRα and PPARα

T Li, SM Hu, XY Pang, J Wang, JY Yin… - Journal of Cellular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Recent studies have demonstrated that commercially available lipid‐lowering drugs cause
various side effects; therefore, searching for anti‐hyperlipidaemic compounds with lower …

Cholesterol reduction by immunization with a PCSK9 mimic

B Zhang, GY Chuang, A Biju, D Biner, J Cheng… - Cell Reports, 2024 - cell.com
Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) is a plasma protein that controls
cholesterol homeostasis. Here, we design a human PCSK9 mimic, named HIT01, with no …

PCSK9 and Lipid Metabolism: Genetic Variants, Current Therapies, and Cardiovascular Outcomes

D Grejtakova, I Boronova, J Bernasovska… - … Drugs and Therapy, 2024 - Springer
Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) plays a crucial role in the modulation
of lipid metabolism as a critical negative regulator of hepatic low-density lipoprotein receptor …

Widening the spectrum of genetic testing in familial hypercholesterolaemia: Will it translate into better patient and population outcomes?

MM Page, DA Bell, GF Watts - Clinical Genetics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) is caused by pathogenic variants in LDLR, APOB or
PCSK9. Impaired low‐density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor function leads to decreased LDL …

[HTML][HTML] Practical Approaches to Managing Dyslipidemia in Patients With Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease

F Bril, G Berg, M Barchuk, JP Nogueira - Journal of Lipid and …, 2023 - e-jla.org
Dyslipidemia is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, and its impact may be
exacerbated when accompanied by metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease …

Preclinical discovery and development of evolocumab for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia

E Khoury, D Brisson, D Gaudet - Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) is a serine protease that
binds and promotes the lysosomal degradation of the low-density lipoprotein receptors …

PCSK9 in HIV infection: New opportunity or red herring?

M Ruscica, GF Watts, CR Sirtori - Atherosclerosis, 2019 - atherosclerosis-journal.com
While modern drug therapy has improved survival of patients with immune deficiency virus
(HIV) infection, the rate of myocardial infarction among affected individuals has increased by …