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ReviewJournal of lipid and atherosclerosis2024

Advances in Dyslipidaemia Treatments: Focusing on ApoC3 and ANGPTL3 Inhibitors.

Brian Tomlinson, Qian-Yan Wu, Yi-Ming Zhong, Yan-Hong Li

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Review in Journal of lipid and atherosclerosis, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
32citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
12.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

32 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2026
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  7. Treatment Target Discovery From Vasculo-Protective Phenotypes.Journal of lipid and atherosclerosis · 2026
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  8. Acute pancreatitis caused by severe hypertriglyceridemia in a 61-year-old man on a carnivore diet.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2026
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  9. Current and Emerging Pharmacological Therapies for Hypertriglyceridemia.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  13. Targeting Triglycerides: The Rise of Apolipoprotein C3 and Angiopoietin-Like Protein 3 Inhibitors.American journal of cardiovascular drugs : drugs, devices, and other interventions · 2025
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  15. Targeting Triglycerides: The Rise of Apolipoprotein C3 and Angiopoietin-Like Protein 3 Inhibitors.American journal of cardiovascular drugs : drugs, devices, and other interventions · 2025
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  19. GHRH in diabetes and metabolism.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2025
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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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Brian TomlinsonFaculty of Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6717-5444
Qian-Yan WuThe Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.
Yi-Ming ZhongThe Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.
Yan-Hong LiThe Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.
South China University of Technology · CNMacau University of Science and Technology · MO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Apolipoprotein C3 (apoC3) and angiopoietin-like protein 3 (ANGPTL3) inhibit lipolysis by lipoprotein lipase and may influence the secretion and uptake of various lipoproteins. Genetic studies show that depletion of these proteins is associated with improved lipid profiles and reduced cardiovascular events so it was anticipated that drugs which mimic the effects of loss-of-function mutations would be useful lipid treatments. ANGPTL3 inhibitors were initially developed as a treatment for severe hypertriglyceridaemia including familial chylomicronaemia syndrome (FCS), which is usually not adequately controlled with currently available drugs. However, it was found ANGPTL3 inhibitors were also effective in reducing low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) and they were studied in patients with homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH). Evinacumab targets ANGPTL3 and reduced LDL-C by about 50% in patients with homozygous FH and it has been approved for that indication. The antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) vupanorsen targeting ANGPTL3 was less effective in reducing LDL-C in patients with moderate hypertriglyceridaemia and its development has been discontinued but the small interfering RNA (siRNA) ARO-ANG3 is being investigated in Phase 2 studies. ApoC3 can be inhibited by the ASO volanesorsen, which reduced triglycerides by >70% in patients with FCS and it was approved for FCS in Europe but not in the United States because of concerns about thrombocytopaenia. Olezarsen is an N-acetylgalactosamine-conjugated ASO targeting apoC3 which appears as effective as volanesorsen without the risk of thrombocytopaenia and is undergoing Phase 3 trials. ARO-APOC3 is an siRNA targeting apoC3 that is currently being investigated in Phase 3 studies.

Indexed as

Angiopoietin-like protein 3Antisense oligonucleotidesApolipoprotein C-IIIMonoclonal antibodyTriglycerides

Identifiers

PMID38299167
PMCPMC10825570
OpenAlexW4391232753

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