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ReviewJournal of lipid research2010

Genetic causes of high and low serum HDL-cholesterol.

Daphna Weissglas-Volkov, Päivi Pajukanta

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Review 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 109 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

109 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Daphna Weissglas-VolkovDepartment of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Päivi Pajukanta

Funding

Systems genomics of metabolic syndrome traitsP01HL028481 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI LUSIS, ALDONS JAKE · 1985 to 2019
$50.2M
Training Grant in Genomic Analysis and InterpretationT32HG002536 · NHGRI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI Valerie A Arboleda, Harold Pimentel · 2002 to 2026
$8.6M
Genomics of dyslipidemia in MexicansR01HL095056 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI PAJUKANTA, PAIVI · 2009 to 2018
$5.9M
NHGRI NIH HHS T32 HG002536NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL028481NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL095056
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plasma levels of HDL cholesterol (HDL-C) have a strong inherited basis with heritability estimates of 40-60%. The well-established inverse relationship between plasma HDL-C levels and the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) has led to an extensive search for genetic factors influencing HDL-C concentrations. Over the past 30 years, candidate gene, genome-wide linkage, and most recently genome-wide association (GWA) studies have identified several genetic variations for plasma HDL-C levels. However, the functional role of several of these variants remains unknown, and they do not always correlate with CAD. In this review, we will first summarize what is known about HDL metabolism, monogenic disorders associated with both low and high HDL-C levels, and candidate gene studies. Then we will focus this review on recent genetic findings from the GWA studies and future strategies to elucidate the remaining substantial proportion of HDL-C heritability. Comprehensive investigation of the genetic factors conferring to low and high HDL-C levels using integrative approaches is important to unravel novel pathways and their relations to CAD, so that more effective means of diagnosis, treatment, and prevention will be identified.

Indexed as

HeredityAnimalsCholesterol, HDLGenetic Diseases, InbornGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansLife StyleMultifactorial InheritancePhenotypeCholesterol, HDL

Identifiers

PMID20421590
PMCPMC2903789

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