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ArticleJournal of lipid research2010

Assessment of cholesteryl ester transfer protein inhibitors for interaction with proteins involved in the immune response to infection.

Ronald W Clark, David Cunningham, Yang Cong, Timothy A Subashi, George T Tkalcevic, David B Lloyd, James G Boyd, Boris A Chrunyk, George A Karam, Xiayang Qiu and 2 more

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Article in Journal of lipid research, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Impact of High-Density Lipoproteins on Sepsis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  3. Impact of Sepsis on High-Density Lipoprotein Metabolism.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ronald W ClarkDepartment of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases, Pfizer Global Research and Development, Eastern Point Road, Groton, CT 06340, USA. ronald.w.clark@pfizer.com
David Cunningham
Yang Cong
Timothy A Subashi
George T Tkalcevic
David B Lloyd
James G Boyd
Boris A Chrunyk
George A Karam
Xiayang Qiu
Ing-Kae Wang
Omar L Francone
Pfizer (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The CETP inhibitor, torcetrapib, was prematurely terminated from phase 3 clinical trials due to an increase in cardiovascular and noncardiovascular mortality. Because nearly half of the latter deaths involved patients with infection, we have tested torcetrapib and other CETPIs to see if they interfere with lipopolysaccharide binding protein (LBP) or bactericidal/permeability increasing protein (BPI). No effect of these potent CETPIs on LPS binding to either protein was detected. Purified CETP itself bound weakly to LPS with a Kd >or= 25 microM compared with 0.8 and 0.5 nM for LBP and BPI, respectively, and this binding was not blocked by torcetrapib. In whole blood, LPS induced tumor necrosis factor-alpha normally in the presence of torcetrapib. Furthermore, LPS had no effect on CETP activity. We conclude that the sepsis-related mortality of the ILLUMINATE trial was unlikely due to a direct effect of torcetrapib on LBP or BPI function, nor to inhibition of an interaction of CETP with LPS. Instead, we speculate that the negative outcome seen for patients with infections might be related to the changes in plasma lipoprotein composition and metabolism, or alternatively to the known off-target effects of torcetrapib, such as aldosterone elevation, which may have aggravated the effects of sepsis.

Indexed as

Acute-Phase ProteinsAntimicrobial Cationic PeptidesBlood ProteinsCarrier ProteinsCholesterol Ester Transfer ProteinsHumansInfectionsLipopolysaccharide-Binding ProteinLipopolysaccharidesMembrane GlycoproteinsProtein BindingQuinolinesSurface Plasmon ResonanceAcute-Phase ProteinsAntimicrobial Cationic Peptidesbactericidal permeability increasing proteinBlood ProteinsCarrier ProteinsCholesterol Ester Transfer ProteinsLipopolysaccharide-Binding ProteinLipopolysaccharidesMembrane GlycoproteinsQuinolinestorcetrapib

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PMID19965592
PMCPMC2853464
OpenAlexW2128929628

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