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ReviewTrends in cardiovascular medicine2009

Discovery and validation of new molecular targets in treating dyslipidemia: the role of human genetics.

Amit V Khera, Daniel J Rader

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Review in Trends in cardiovascular medicine, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. PON-dering differences in HDL function in coronary artery disease.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2011
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Amit V KheraInstitute for Translational Medicine & Therapeutics and Cardiovascular Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Daniel J Rader
Translational Therapeutics (United States) · US

Funding

Genetics of Elevated High Density Lipoprotein CholesterolR01HL089309 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI RADER, DANIEL JAMES · 2008 to 2012
$3.9M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL089309
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Several high-profile failures of lipid-related therapeutics in clinical trials have led to intense interest in improved discovery and preclinical prioritization of potential targets. The careful study of patients with rare monogenic disorders has played a key role in establishing the causal role of cholesterol in atherosclerosis and highlighting viable drug targets. Systematic efforts to extend the association of common variants linked with lipid levels to coronary disease enable assessment of the vascular consequences of lifelong differences in lipids due to variation in specific molecules. This application of genetic epidemiology, termed Mendelian randomization, may prove useful in informing ongoing drug development efforts.

Indexed as

GenomicsAnimalsBiomarkersCardiovascular DiseasesCholesterol, HDLCholesterol, LDLDrug DiscoveryDyslipidemiasGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansHypolipidemic AgentsLipid MetabolismLipoprotein(a)Mendelian Randomization AnalysisPhenotypePolymorphism, GeneticBiomarkersCholesterol, HDLCholesterol, LDLHypolipidemic AgentsLipoprotein(a)Triglycerides

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PMID20211435
PMCPMC3328807
OpenAlexW2001100302

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