[HTML][HTML] Metabolic-associated fatty liver disease and lipoprotein metabolism

J Heeren, L Scheja - Molecular metabolism, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, or as recently proposed 'metabolic-associated
fatty liver disease'(MAFLD), is characterized by pathological accumulation of triglycerides …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular mechanism of PPARα action and its impact on lipid metabolism, inflammation and fibrosis in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

M Pawlak, P Lefebvre, B Staels - Journal of hepatology, 2015 - Elsevier
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α (PPARα) is a ligand-activated transcription
factor belonging, together with PPARγ and PPARβ/δ, to the NR1C nuclear receptor …

Recommendation on design, execution, and reporting of animal atherosclerosis studies: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association

A Daugherty, AR Tall, MJAP Daemen… - … , and vascular biology, 2017 - Am Heart Assoc
Animal studies are a foundation for defining mechanisms of atherosclerosis and potential
targets of drugs to prevent lesion development or reverse the disease. In the current …

Exome sequencing identifies rare LDLR and APOA5 alleles conferring risk for myocardial infarction

R Do, NO Stitziel, HH Won, AB Jørgensen, S Duga… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Myocardial infarction (MI), a leading cause of death around the world, displays a complex
pattern of inheritance,. When MI occurs early in life, genetic inheritance is a major …

Common variants associated with plasma triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease

R Do, CJ Willer, EM Schmidt, S Sengupta, C Gao… - Nature …, 2013 - nature.com
Triglycerides are transported in plasma by specific triglyceride-rich lipoproteins; in
epidemiological studies, increased triglyceride levels correlate with higher risk for coronary …

Lipoprotein lipase and its regulators: an unfolding story

SA Wu, S Kersten, L Qi - Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism, 2021 - cell.com
Lipoprotein lipase (LPL) is one of the most important factors in systemic lipid partitioning and
metabolism. It mediates intravascular hydrolysis of triglycerides packed in lipoproteins such …

Brown adipose tissue activity controls triglyceride clearance

A Bartelt, OT Bruns, R Reimer, H Hohenberg, H Ittrich… - Nature medicine, 2011 - nature.com
Brown adipose tissue (BAT) burns fatty acids for heat production to defend the body against
cold, and has recently been shown to be present in humans,,. Triglyceride-rich lipoproteins …

The effect of heritability and host genetics on the gut microbiota and metabolic syndrome

MY Lim, HJ You, HS Yoon, B Kwon, JY Lee, S Lee… - Gut, 2017 - gut.bmj.com
Objective Metabolic syndrome (MetS) arises from complex interactions between host genetic
and environmental factors. Although it is now widely accepted that the gut microbiota plays a …

Phenomics: the next challenge

D Houle, DR Govindaraju, S Omholt - Nature reviews genetics, 2010 - nature.com
A key goal of biology is to understand phenotypic characteristics, such as health, disease
and evolutionary fitness. Phenotypic variation is produced through a complex web of …

Apoa5 Q139X truncation predisposes to late-onset hyperchylomicronemia due to lipoprotein lipase impairment

C Marçais, B Verges, S Charrière… - The Journal of …, 2005 - Am Soc Clin Investig
While type 1 hyperlipidemia is associated with lipoprotein lipase or apoCII deficiencies, the
etiology of type 5 hyperlipidemia remains largely unknown. We explored a new candidate …