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Cholesterol crystals in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis

Nature Reviews - Cardiology

Nature Reviews Cardiology, Published online: 18 November 2024; doi:10.1038/s41569-024-01100-3 Cholesterol crystals (CCs) have a pathogenic role in various cardiovascular diseases, particularly atherosclerosis.

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HEART UK’s 37th AMSC 2024 – Hot topics in atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease

The British Journal of Cardiology

This year, the cholesterol charity took on an international theme, looking at the global cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention picture. There was also a particular focus on women and CVD disease, alongside a review of how familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) care has advanced in recent decades.

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Increased LL37 in psoriasis and other inflammatory disorders promotes LDL uptake and atherosclerosis

Journal of Clinical Investigation - Cardiology

Patients with chronic inflammatory disorders such as psoriasis have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and elevated levels of LL37, a cathelicidin host defense peptide that has both antimicrobial and proinflammatory properties.

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Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease — Don’t Stop Thinking about Tomorrow

The New England Journal of Medicine

Taking a long-term view of cardiovascular disease prevention is an attractive strategy since atherosclerosis begins early in life and progresses over decades. Lowering low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels and improving lifestyle habits are mainstay strategies for reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease.1

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Link between high levels of niacin -- a common b vitamin -- and heart disease, study suggests

Science Daily - Heart Disease

Researchers have identified a new pathway that contributes to cardiovascular disease associated with high levels of niacin, a common B vitamin previously recommended to lower cholesterol. The team discovered a link between 4PY, a breakdown product from excess niacin, and heart disease.

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Inverted U?Shaped Association of Plasma Resolvin D2 With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease and the Mediation Effects of Serum Cholesterol: A Chinese Community?Based Study

Journal of the American Heart Association

BackgroundResolvin D2 (RvD2) has been reported to protect against the development of atherosclerosis in animal models. Mediation analysis was used to test the indirect effect of serum cholesterol indicators on the association between RvD2 and ASCVD probability. Journal of the American Heart Association, Ahead of Print. P<0.001).

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Significance of the Wnt signaling pathway in coronary artery atherosclerosis

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Introduction The progression of coronary atherosclerosis is an active and regulated process. The Wnt signaling pathway is thought to play an active role in the pathogenesis of several cardiovascular diseases; however, a better understanding of this system in atherosclerosis is yet to be unraveled.