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ReviewNature reviews. Endocrinology2010

Diagnosis and treatment of apolipoprotein B dyslipoproteinemias.

Allan Sniderman, Patrick Couture, Jacqueline de Graaf

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Review in Nature reviews. Endocrinology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

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39citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed, 118 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Allan SnidermanMike Rosenbloom Laboratory for Cardiovascular Research, McGill University Health Center, Room H7.22, Royal Victoria Hospital, 687 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, QC H3A 1A1, Canada. allansniderman@hotmail.com
Patrick Couture
Jacqueline de Graaf
Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec · CARadboud University Nijmegen · NLRoyal Victoria Hospital · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Conventionally, atherogenic dyslipidemias have been defined by elevated levels of triglyceride and/or LDL cholesterol. However, cholesterol and triglycerides are not metabolically and physically independent entities. Rather, they are constituents of the atherogenic apolipoprotein B (apoB) particles, which differ in their origin and their metabolic function. Moreover, the risk of vascular disease is not related to the plasma concentration of cholesterol or triglyceride per se, but to the number, composition and size of the apoB particles, within which the cholesterol and triglycerides are contained. After all, the entire apoB particle--rather than individual cholesterol or triglyceride molecules--enters and is trapped within the arterial wall, and this particle initiates and sustains the process that results in atherosclerosis. Accordingly, we suggest a change of name and focus from dyslipidemias to dyslipoproteinemias. Virtually all the atherogenic apoB dyslipoproteinemias can be specifically identified on the basis of plasma levels of cholesterol, triglyceride and apoB. Not only does this enable an accurate diagnosis in the individual, but the major familial dyslipoproteinemias can be identified as well. Here, we review the diagnostic algorithm for apoB dyslipoproteinemias and provide, for the first time, a treatment plan on the basis of a reduction of atherogenic lipoprotein particles rather than plasma lipids.

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AlgorithmsApolipoproteins BAtherosclerosisCholesterolChylomicron RemnantsChylomicronsDyslipidemiasHumansLipoproteinsLipoproteins, VLDLTerminology as TopicTriglyceridesApolipoproteins BCholesterolChylomicron RemnantsChylomicronsLipoproteinsLipoproteins, VLDLTriglycerides

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PMID20421882
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