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ReviewCurrent atherosclerosis reports2021

ANGPTL3 and Apolipoprotein C-III as Novel Lipid-Lowering Targets.

Ioannis Akoumianakis, Evangelia Zvintzou, Kyriakos Kypreos, Theodosios D Filippatos

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Review in Current atherosclerosis reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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40citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
8.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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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

40 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Ioannis AkoumianakisDepartment of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University Hospital of Heraklion, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
Evangelia ZvintzouDepartment of Medicine, Pharmacology Laboratory, School of Health Sciences, University of Patras, Achaias, Rio, Greece.
Kyriakos KypreosDepartment of Medicine, Pharmacology Laboratory, School of Health Sciences, University of Patras, Achaias, Rio, Greece.
Theodosios D FilippatosDepartment of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University Hospital of Heraklion, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. filtheo@uoc.gr.ORCID 0000-0002-1713-0923
University of Crete · GRUniversity of Patras · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewDespite significant progress in plasma lipid lowering strategies, recent clinical trials highlight the existence of residual cardiovascular risk. Angiopoietin-like protein 3 (ANGPTL3) and apolipoprotein C-III (Apo C-III) have been identified as novel lipid-lowering targets. RECENT

findingsApo C-III and ANGPTL3 have emerged as novel regulators of triglyceride (TG) and low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) levels. ANGPTL3 is an inhibitor of lipoprotein lipase (LPL), reducing lipolysis of Apo B-containing lipoproteins. Loss-of-function ANGPLT3 mutations are associated with reduced plasma cholesterol and TG, while novel ANGPLT3 inhibition strategies, including monoclonal antibodies (evinacumab), ANGPLT3 antisense oligonucleotides (IONIS-ANGPTL3-L

Indexed as

LipidsOligonucleotides, AntisenseAngiopoietin-Like Protein 3Angiopoietin-like ProteinsApolipoprotein C-IIICholesterol, LDLHumansTriglyceridesAngiopoietin-Like Protein 3Angiopoietin-like ProteinsANGPTL3 protein, humanApolipoprotein C-IIICholesterol, LDLLipidsOligonucleotides, AntisenseTriglyceridesAngiopoietin-like protein 3Apolipoprotein C-IIICardiovascular riskCholesterolEvinacumabGene silencingTriglyceridesVolanesorsen

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PMID33694000
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