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Pharmacogenetics of Lipid-Lowering Agents: an Update Review on Genotype-Dependent Effects of HDL-Targetingand Statin Therapies.
Current atherosclerosis reports - 25 Sept 2017
Messas Nathan, Dubé Marie-Pierre, Tardif Jean-Claude
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: High-density lipoproteins (HDL) are involved in reverse cholesterol transport. Results from randomized trials of HDL-targeting therapies, including cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) inhibitors, have shown a lack of benefit in unsegmented populations. These observations could be explained by inter-individual variability of clinical responses to such agents depending on the patients'...
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