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ArticleNature2024

Discovery of potent small-molecule inhibitors of lipoprotein(a) formation.

Nuria Diaz, Carlos Perez, Ana Maria Escribano, Gema Sanz, Julian Priego, Celia Lafuente, Mario Barberis, Luis Calle, Juan Felix Espinosa, Birgit T Priest and 11 more

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Article in Nature, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
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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

25 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Novel Lipoprotein (a) Therapies: A Comprehensive Review.Current atherosclerosis reports · 2026
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  6. Old and New Lines of Therapy Targeting Lipoprotein(a).Current atherosclerosis reports · 2026
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  7. Stenhouse Zwitterion Photoswitches as Hydrogen-Bond Acceptors.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2026
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  11. Muvalaplin: A Novel Oral Therapy for Targeted Reduction of Plasma Lipoprotein(a).Cardiovascular & hematological disorders drug targets · 2026
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  13. Zerlasiran for Lipoprotein(a) Reduction: Mechanisms, Evidence, and Future Directions.Cardiovascular & hematological disorders drug targets · 2026
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  18. Lipoprotein(a) and panvascular disease.Lipids in health and disease · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors.

Nuria DiazLilly Research Laboratories, Alcobendas, Spain.ORCID 0009-0005-0331-3402
Carlos PerezLilly Research Laboratories, Alcobendas, Spain.ORCID 0009-0002-3362-7654
Ana Maria EscribanoLilly Research Laboratories, Alcobendas, Spain.
Gema SanzLilly Research Laboratories, Alcobendas, Spain.
Julian PriegoLilly Research Laboratories, Alcobendas, Spain.
Celia LafuenteLilly Research Laboratories, Alcobendas, Spain.
Mario BarberisLilly Research Laboratories, Alcobendas, Spain.
Luis CalleLilly Research Laboratories, Alcobendas, Spain.
Juan Felix EspinosaLilly Research Laboratories, Alcobendas, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-1436-7298
Birgit T PriestLilly Research Laboratories, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Hong Y ZhangLilly Research Laboratories, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Amanda K NosieLilly Research Laboratories, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Joseph V HaasLilly Research Laboratories, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Ellen CannadyLilly Research Laboratories, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Anthony BorelLilly Research Laboratories, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Albert E SchultzeLilly Research Laboratories, Indianapolis, IN, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6437-9396
J Michael SauderLilly Research Laboratories, San Diego, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0254-4955
Jörg HendleLilly Research Laboratories, San Diego, CA, USA.
Ken WeichertLilly Research Laboratories, San Diego, CA, USA.
Stephen J NichollsVictorian Heart Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia.
Laura F MichaelLilly Research Laboratories, Indianapolis, IN, USA. michael_laura@lilly.com.ORCID 0000-0002-4152-4199

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lipoprotein(a) (Lp(a)), an independent, causal cardiovascular risk factor, is a lipoprotein particle that is formed by the interaction of a low-density lipoprotein (LDL) particle and apolipoprotein(a) (apo(a))

Indexed as

Drug DiscoveryLipoprotein(a)Macaca fascicularisAdministration, OralAnimalsApolipoproteins AClinical Trials, Phase II as TopicFemaleHumansKringlesMaleMiceMice, TransgenicPlasminogenSmall Molecule LibrariesSpecies SpecificityApolipoproteins ALipoprotein(a)PlasminogenSmall Molecule Libraries

Identifiers

PMID38720069
PMCPMC11111404

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