ReviewCurrent atherosclerosis reports2023
HDL as a Treatment Target: Should We Abandon This Idea?
Review in Current atherosclerosis reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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.
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.
Who cites it
10 citing papers in PubMed.
- Regulatory Bottlenecks Linking HDL Dysfunction, Inflammation, and Oxidative Stress: A Petri Net-Based Systems Analysis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Biologics for cardiovascular diseases: from bench to bedside.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2026Review
- Predictive value of monocyte-to-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio for acute kidney injury following coronary artery bypass grafting.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2026Article
- High Density Lipoprotein Assessment Revisited: A Review of Foundational Understanding and Recent Developments in Function, Particle Size, and Cardiometabolic Impact.Current atherosclerosis reports · 2026Review
- Radiolabeling lipoproteins to study and manage disease.European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2025Review
- The association between non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio and hepatic steatosis and liver fibrosis among US adults based on NHANES.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Reverse cholesterol transport: current assay methods, alterations with disease and response to therapeutic intervention.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Review
- The functions of apolipoproteins and lipoproteins in health and disease.Molecular biomedicine · 2024Review
- High-Density Lipoprotein Subclasses and Their Role in the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease: A Narrative Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- A fascinating association between HDL as a multi-potent particle and hypertension.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2024Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
purpose of reviewHigh-density lipoproteins (HDL) have long been regarded as an antiatherogenic lipoprotein species by virtue of their role in reverse cholesterol transport (RCT), as well as their established anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. For decades, HDL have been an extremely appealing therapeutic target to combat atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases (ASCVD). RECENT
findingsUnfortunately, neither increasing HDL with drugs nor direct infusions of reconstituted HDL have convincedly proven to be positive strategies for cardiovascular health, raising the question of whether we should abandon the idea of considering HDL as a treatment target. The results of two large clinical trials, one testing the latest CETP inhibitor Obicetrapib and the other testing the infusion of patients post-acute coronary events with reconstituted HDL, are still awaited. If they prove negative, these trials will seal the fate of HDL as a direct therapeutic target. However, using HDL as a therapeutic agent still holds promise if we manage to optimize their beneficial properties for not only ASCVD but also outside the cardiovascular field.
Indexed as
Identifiers
38051472What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
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.