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Lessons learned from the Investigation of Lipid Level Management to Understand its Impact in Atherosclerotic Events (ILLUMINATE) trial.
The American journal of cardiology - 16 Nov 2009
Barter Philip
Abstract excerpt
Inhibition of the cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP), a plasma protein that normally transfers cholesterol from the protective high-density lipoprotein (HDL) fraction to the atherogenic low-density lipoprotein (LDL) fraction, results in an increase in the concentration of HDL cholesterol and a decrease in the concentration of LDL cholesterol and has been shown in rabbits to inhibit the development of...
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