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ArticleCurrent cardiovascular risk reports2012

Cholesterol, Inflammasomes, and Atherogenesis.

Jose M Ordovas-Montanes, Jose M Ordovas

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Article in Current cardiovascular risk reports, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. The role of the inflammasome in cardiovascular diseases.Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) · 2014
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  9. How Gene Networks Can Uncover Novel CVD Players.Current cardiovascular risk reports · 2014
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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 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jose M Ordovas-MontanesDivision of Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, New Research Building, Rm 836, Boston, MA 02115. jordovas@fas.harvard.edu.
Jose M Ordovas
Harvard University · USJean Mayer Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging · US

Funding

Genetic and Environmental Determinants of TriglyceridesU01HL072524 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI ARNETT, DONNA K · 2002 to 2008
$11.9M
GENE/DIET EFFECTS ON PLASMA LIPOPROTEIN LEVELSR01HL054776 · NHLBI · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI ORDOVAS, JOSE M. · 1996 to 2010
$2.6M
PAT PROTEINS: GENE-DIET INTERACTIONS OBESITY RISK AND HEALTHR01DK075030 · NIDDK · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI ORDOVAS, JOSE M. · 2007 to 2009
$989k
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL054776NHLBI NIH HHS U01 HL072524NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK075030
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plasma cholesterol levels have been strongly associated with atherogenesis, underscoring the role of lipid metabolism in defining cardiovascular disease risk. However, atherosclerotic plaque is highly dynamic and contains elements of both the innate and adaptive immune system that respond to the aberrant accumulation of lipids in the subendothelial space. Previous research has focused on defining how proinflammatory cytokines synthesized by macrophages, such as interleukin-1β (IL-1β), modulate the progression of atherosclerosis, supporting the notion that chronic inflammation accelerates atherogenesis. More recently, emphasis has been placed on the elucidation of the mechanisms that contribute to pro-IL-1β production and finally its processing via multiprotein complexes termed the inflammasomes, a family of cytosolic multiprotein complexes that serve as sensors of either pathogen invasion or cellular stress (ie, cholesterol crystals) and work via triggering caspase-1-mediated processing of pro-IL-1β to IL-1β. Based on this link between cholesterol metabolism, NLRP3 inflammasome activation, and IL-1β release, it is important to re-evaluate how the atherogenic environment stimulates immune cells to produce IL-1β.

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PMID22368729
PMCPMC3285234
OpenAlexW2056900799

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