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Clinical and biochemical characteristics of individuals with low cholesterol syndromes: A comparison between familial hypobetalipoproteinemia and fam…

2017

Background The most frequent monogenic causes of low plasma cholesterol are familial hypobetalipoproteinemia (FHBL1) because of truncating mutations in apolipoprotein B coding gene (APOB) and familial combined hypolipidemia (FHBL2) due to loss-of-function mutations in ANGPTL3 gene. Objective A direct comparison of lipid phenotypes of these 2 conditions has never been carried out. In addition, although an increased prevalence of liver steatosis in FHBL1 has been consistently reported, the hepatic consequences of FHBL2 are not well established. Methods We investigated 350 subjects, 67 heterozygous carriers of APOB mutations, 63 carriers of the p.S17* mutation in ANGPTL3 (57 heterozygotes and …

0301 basic medicineMaleHepatic steatosisSettore MED/09 - Medicina InternaApolipoprotein BEndocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism030204 cardiovascular system & hematologymedicine.disease_causeANGPTL3 gene; APOB gene; Familial combined hypolipidemia; Familial hypobetalipoproteinemia; HDL cholesterol; Hepatic steatosis; Low cholesterol syndromesHypobetalipoproteinemiasExon0302 clinical medicineHDL cholesterolANGPTL3Nutrition and DieteticFamilial hypobetalipoproteinemiaGeneticsMutationNutrition and Dieteticsbiologyhepatic steatosisHomozygoteANGPTL3 geneMiddle AgedLow cholesterol syndromesPhenotypePhenotypelipids (amino acids peptides and proteins)FemaleCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineANGPTL3 gene; APOB gene; familial combined hypolipidemia; familial hypobetalipoproteinemia; HDL cholesterol; hepatic steatosis; low cholesterol syndromesmedicine.medical_specialtyHeterozygoteLow cholesterol syndromeHepatic steatosi03 medical and health sciencesInternal medicineInternal MedicinemedicineHumansAPOB geneFamilial combined hypolipidemiaGeneAgedAngiopoietin-Like Protein 3Apolipoproteins Bbusiness.industryHeterozygote advantagemedicine.disease030104 developmental biologyEndocrinologyAngiopoietin-like ProteinsMutationbiology.proteinlow cholesterol syndromesSteatosisbusiness
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Anti-PCSK9 treatment: Is ultra-low LDL always good?

2018

Anti-pcsk9 (proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin 9) monoclonal antibodies (Mab) are novel, potent lipid-lowering drugs. They demonstrated to improve the lipid profile in high cardiovascular risk patients. Anti-pcsk9 Mab inhibit the targeted LDL-receptor degradation induced by pcsk9 protein and are able to reduce LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) levels on top of conventional lipid-lowering therapy.Though these drugs proved to be very safe in the short term, little is known about the possible long term effects, due to the short period of their marketing. The genetic low-cholesterol syndromes (LCS) represent the natural models of the lipid-lowering anti-PCSK9 therapy, and a valuable opportunity to pr…

Lipid-lowering therapy Alirocumab Evolocumab Bococizumab Low cholesterol syndromes
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