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ArticleAtherosclerosis2013

LOX-1 ligands containing apolipoprotein B and carotid intima-media thickness in middle-aged community-dwelling US Caucasian and Japanese men.

Tomonori Okamura, Akira Sekikawa, Tatsuya Sawamura, Takashi Kadowaki, Emma Barinas-Mitchell, Rachel H Mackey, Aya Kadota, Rhobert W Evans, Daniel Edmundowicz, Aya Higashiyama and 16 more

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Article in Atherosclerosis, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

26 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.

Tomonori OkamuraDepartment of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan. okamura@z6.keio.jp
Akira Sekikawa
Tatsuya Sawamura
Takashi Kadowaki
Emma Barinas-Mitchell
Rachel H Mackey
Aya Kadota
Rhobert W Evans
Daniel Edmundowicz
Aya Higashiyama
Yasuyuki Nakamura
Robert D Abbott
Katsuyuki Miura
Akira Fujiyoshi
Yoshiko Fujita
Yoshitaka Murakami
Naomi Miyamatsu
Akemi Kakino
Hiroshi Maegawa
Kiyoshi Murata
Minoru Horie
Kenichi Mitsunami
Atsunori Kashiwagi
Lewis H Kuller
Hirotsugu Ueshima
ERA JUMP Study Group
Shiga University of Medical Science · JPUniversity of Pittsburgh · USNational Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center · JPHyogo Medical University · JPKeio University · JPKyoto Women's University · JPUniversity of Virginia · US

Funding

Foreign CohortR01HL068200 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI SEKIKAWA, AKIRA · 2003 to 2012
$5.6M
Epidemiology of CHD of Men Aged 40+ in US, Hawaii, JapanR01HL071561 · NHLBI · PACIFIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI CURB, JESS DAVID · 2003 to 2006
$1.7M
NHLBI NIH HHS HL071561NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL068200NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL071561NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL68200
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe serum level of LOX-1 ligand containing ApoB (LAB) may reflect atherogenicity better than LDL cholesterol (LDLC), total LDL particles and usual measurement of oxidized LDL. The association between LAB and intima-media thickness (IMT) of carotid artery was investigated by ultrasound in US and Japan men.

methodsParticipants were 297 US Caucasian and 310 Japanese men, aged 40-49 years without past history of cardiovascular disease. Serum LAB levels were measured by ELISAs with recombinant LOX-1 and monoclonal anti-apolipoprotein B antibody.

resultsSerum LAB levels [median (interquartile range), μg/L] were 1321 (936, 1730) in US Caucasians and 940 (688, 1259) in Japanese. For Caucasian men, average IMT was higher in higher LAB quartile, which was 0.653, 0.667, 0.688, and 0.702 mm, respectively (p for trend = 0.02). Linear regression analysis showed serum LAB was significantly associated with IMT after adjustment for LDLC or total LDL particles in addition to other traditional or novel risk factors for atherosclerosis such as C-reactive protein. However, there was no significant relationship between LAB and IMT in Japanese men.

conclusionSerum LAB, a new candidate biomarker for residual risk, was associated with an increased carotid IMT in US Caucasian men independently of various risk factors; however, ethnic difference should be clarified in the future.

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Carotid Intima-Media ThicknessAdultApolipoproteins BAsian PeopleBiomarkersCarotid Artery DiseasesHumansJapanLigandsLinear ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisResidence CharacteristicsRisk FactorsScavenger Receptors, Class EApolipoproteins BBiomarkersLigandsOLR1 protein, humanScavenger Receptors, Class E

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PMID23683938
PMCPMC3691341
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