Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33922449›Full record

ReviewBiomolecules2021

Apolipoprotein Mimetic Peptides: An Emerging Therapy against Diabetic Inflammation and Dyslipidemia.

Paul Wolkowicz, C Roger White, G M Anantharamaiah

Open access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Biomolecules, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trial
  2. Review
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Anti-obesity peptides from food: Production, evaluation, sources, and commercialization.Comprehensive reviews in food science and food safety · 2025
    Review
  6. Review
  7. Review
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Review
  14. Article
  15. Article
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.

Paul WolkowiczDepartment of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
C Roger WhiteDepartment of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
G M AnantharamaiahDepartment of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
University of Alabama at Birmingham · US

Funding

Apo E mimetics reduce cholesterol and improve HDL functionR01HL090803 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI ANANTHARAMAIAH, G M · 2008 to 2011
$1.6M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL090803NIH HHS 1R01 GM115367-01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity has achieved epidemic status in the United States, resulting in an increase in type 2 diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, and cardiovascular disease. Numerous studies have shown that inflammation plays a key role in the development of insulin resistance and diabetic complications. HDL cholesterol levels are inversely associated with coronary heart disease in humans. The beneficial effect of HDL is due, in part, to apolipoproteins A-I and E, which possess anti-inflammatory properties. The functional quality of HDL, however, may be reduced in the context of diabetes. Thus, raising levels of functional HDL is an important target for reducing inflammation and diabetic complications. Apo A-I possesses eight alpha-helical sequences, most of which form class A amphipathic helical structures. Peptides belonging to this class inhibit atherogenesis in several mouse models. Additional peptides based on structural components of apoE have been shown to mediate a rapid clearance of atherogenic lipoproteins in dyslipidemic mice. In this review, we discuss the efficacy of apolipoprotein mimetic peptides in improving lipoprotein function, reducing inflammation, and reversing insulin resistance and cardiometabolic disease processes in diabetic animals.

Indexed as

AnimalsApolipoprotein A-IApolipoproteinsApolipoproteins EAtherosclerosisBiomimeticsCardiovascular DiseasesCholesterolDiabetes ComplicationsDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Disease Models, AnimalDyslipidemiasHumansInflammationMicePeptidesAPOA1 protein, humanApolipoprotein A-IApolipoproteinsApolipoproteins ECholesterolPeptidesamphipathic helical peptidesatherosclerosisdyslipidemiahigh-density lipoproteinshyperglycemiahypertriglyceridemialipoproteins

Identifiers

PMID33922449
PMCPMC8146922
OpenAlexW3158654797

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.