ReviewCurrent cardiology reports2023
Pleiotropy of PCSK9: Functions in Extrahepatic Tissues.
Review in Current cardiology reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Determinants of circulating PCSK9 levels and the efficacy of PCSK9 inhibitor therapies in chronic kidney disease: a systematic review.European journal of clinical pharmacology · 2026Pooled it
- PCSK9 inhibitors: a promising lipid-lowering strategy for kidney transplant recipients.Renal failure · 2025Review
- The function of PCSK9 in doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity and its underlying mechanism.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Exploring the Pleiotropy of PCSK9: A Wide Range of Influences from Lipid Regulation to Extrahepatic Function.Journal of inflammation research · 2025Review
- The Emerging Role of PCSK9 in the Pathogenesis of Alzheimer's Disease: A Possible Target for the Disease Treatment.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Targeting PCSK9 as a key player in lipid metabolism: exploiting the therapeutic and biosensing potential of aptamers.Lipids in health and disease · 2024Review
- Novel PCSK9 Inhibitors for Treating Cardiovascular Diseases.ACS medicinal chemistry letters · 2024Article
- Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 deficiency in extrahepatic tissues: emerging considerations.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024Review
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Abstract
purpose of reviewProprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) plays a central role in the metabolism of LDL receptors and mainly acts in the liver. However, there are accumulating data that PCSK9 involves in several functions in different organs beyond the liver. Herein we aimed to summarize the effects of PCSK9 in tissues other than the liver. RECENT
findingsPCSK9 has crucial roles in heart, brain and kidney in addition to the cholesterol metabolism. Targeting PCSK9 for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia is effective in the prevention from cardiovascular diseases and PCSK9 inhibitors are getting to be administered in more cases. Therefore understanding the effects of PCSK9 in other tissues gained importance in the use of PCSK9 inhibitors era. PCSK9 participates in cardiac, renal, and neurologic functions however, current literature reveals that use of PSCSK9 inhibitors have beneficial or neutral effects on these organs. Inhibition of PCSK9 is assigned to be associated with new onset diabetes in experimental studies whereas real world data with PCSK9 inhibitors established no relationship between PCSK9 inhibitors and new onset diabetes. PCSK9 might be used as a target for the treatment of nephrotic syndrome and heart failure in the future.
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