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Effect of Anacetrapib on Cholesterol Efflux Capacity: A Substudy of the DEFINE Trial.
Journal of the American Heart Association - 15 Dec 2020
Metzinger Mark P, Saldanha Suzanne, Gulati Jaskeerat, Patel Kershaw V, El-Ghazali Ayea, Deodhar Sneha, Joshi Parag H, Ayers Colby, Rohatgi Anand
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Background Anacetrapib is the only cholesteryl ester transfer protein inhibitor proven to reduce coronary heart disease (CHD). However, its effects on reverse cholesterol transport have not been fully elucidated. Macrophage cholesterol efflux (CEC), the initial step of reverse cholesterol transport, is inversely associated with CHD and may be affected by sex as well as haptoglobin copy number variants among...
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