High Density Lipoproteins, Dyslipidemia, and Coronary Heart Disease

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Schaefer, Ernst J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2010.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Internal medicine.; Cardiology.; Primary care (Medicine).; Medicine & Public Health.; Internal Medicine.; Primary Care Medicine.

This innovative book focuses on HDL and its relationships to triglyceride-rich particles. As new therapies for HDL raising become available, a comprehensive understanding the role of HDL in Coronary Heart Disease is of great importance. This book is an excellent resource for educating physicians and...

Table of Contents:

• to High-Density Lipoprotein, Dyslipidemia, and Coronary Heart Disease
• Regulation of ApoA-I Gene Expression and Prospects to Increase Plasma ApoA-I and HDL Levels
• High Density Lipoprotein Particles
• The Kinetics and Remodeling of HDL Particles: Lessons from Inborn Errors of Lipid Metabolism
• HDL Structure, Function, and Antiinflammatory Properties
• Human Apolipoprotein A-I Deficiency
• Human Apolipoprotein A-I Mutants
• ATP Binding Cassette A1 Transporter Function and Tangier Disease
• The Role ABCG1 in Cellular Cholesterol Efflux: Relevance to Atherosclerosis and Endothelial Function
• In Vitro Studies and Mass Flux of Cholesterol Between Serum and Macrophages
• Genetic LCAT Deficiency: Molecular Diagnosis, Plasma Lipids, and Atherosclerosis
• Human Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein in Human HDL Metabolism
• The HDL Receptor SR-BI
• Genetic Loci Influencing Plasma High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Concentrations in Humans
• Nutritional and Lifestyle Factors and High-Density Lipoprotein Metabolism
• Effects of Ethanol Intake on High Density Lipoprotein Metabolism in Humans
• Effects of Estrogen on HDL Metabolism
• Effects of Niacin on HDL Metabolism
• Effects of Statins on HDL Metabolism
• Therapeutic Regulation of High-Density Lipoprotein Transport in the Metabolic Syndrome
• Effects of Cholesterol Ester Transfer Protein Inhibition on HDL Metabolism
• HDL Infusion Therapy
• High Density Lipoproteins, Dyslipidemia, and Heart Disease: Past, Present, and Future.