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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2018

Unravelling HDL-Looking beyond the Cholesterol Surface to the Quality Within.

Sarina Kajani, Sean Curley, Fiona C McGillicuddy

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
39citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.5field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 67 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sarina KajaniCardiometabolic Research Group, Diabetes Complications Research Centre, UCD Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, 4 Dublin, Ireland. sarina.kajani@ucdconnect.ie.
Sean CurleyCardiometabolic Research Group, Diabetes Complications Research Centre, UCD Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, 4 Dublin, Ireland. sean.curley@ucdconnect.ie.
Fiona C McGillicuddyCardiometabolic Research Group, Diabetes Complications Research Centre, UCD Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Belfield, 4 Dublin, Ireland. fiona.mcgillicuddy@ucd.ie.ORCID 0000-0003-3623-3503
University College Dublin · IE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

High-density lipoprotein (HDL) particles have experienced a turbulent decade of falling from grace with widespread demotion from the most-sought-after therapeutic target to reverse cardiovascular disease (CVD), to mere biomarker status. HDL is slowly emerging from these dark times due to the HDL flux hypothesis wherein measures of HDL cholesterol efflux capacity (CEC) are better predictors of reduced CVD risk than static HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C) levels. HDL particles are emulsions of metabolites, lipids, protein, and microRNA (miR) built on the backbone of Apolipoprotein A1 (ApoA1) that are growing in their complexity due to the higher sensitivity of the respective “omic” technologies. Our understanding of particle composition has increased dramatically within this era and has exposed how our understanding of these particles to date has been oversimplified. Elucidation of the HDL proteome coupled with the identification of specific miRs on HDL have highlighted the “hormonal” characteristics of HDL in that it carries and delivers messages systemically. HDL can dock to most peripheral cells via its receptors, including SR-B1, ABCA1, and ABCG1, which may be a critical step for facilitating HDL-to-cell communication. The composition of HDL particles is, in turn, altered in numerous disease states including diabetes, auto-immune disease, and CVD. The consequence of changes in composition, however, on subsequent biological activities of HDL is currently poorly understood and this is an important avenue for the field to explore in the future. Improving HDL particle quality as opposed to HDL quantity may, in turn, prove a more beneficial investment to reduce CVD risk.

Indexed as

AnimalsApolipoprotein A-IATP-Binding Cassette TransportersBiomarkersCardiovascular DiseasesCholesterol, HDLHumansInflammationMetabolomeMicroRNAsModels, AnimalProteomeRisk FactorsAPOA1 protein, humanApolipoprotein A-IATP-Binding Cassette TransportersBiomarkersCholesterol, HDLMicroRNAsProteomecardiovascular diseasecholesterol efflux capacityHDLHDL functionsHDL lipidomeHDL microRNAHDL proteomeinflammation

Identifiers

PMID29986413
PMCPMC6073561
OpenAlexW2817166195

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