Pharmacological Intervention to Modulate HDL: What Do We Target?

• Main Authors: Nicholas J. Woudberg (Author), Sarah Pedretti (Author), Sandrine Lecour (Author), Rainer Schulz (Author), Nicolas Vuilleumier (Author), Richard W. James (Author), Miguel A. Frias (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The cholesterol concentrations of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) have traditionally served as risk factors for cardiovascular disease. As such, novel therapeutic interventions aiming to raise HDL cholesterol have been tested in the clinical setting. However, most tr...