As part of "heart health month," we're looking at lipoprotein (a). For decades, doctors have encouraged patients to monitor their cholesterol levels, with studies showing that heart disease risk ...

On the face of it, lipoprotein receptors may not sound like they have much to do with Alzheimer’s disease, or even the central nervous system. But as scientists are finding out more about these ...

Lp(a)] has emerged as a major, genetically determined risk factor in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) and ...

The Family Heart Foundation, the leading research, education and advocacy organization focused on genetic dyslipidemias, has launched the Lp(a) AW(a)RE(TM) initiative to engage key U.S. healthcare ...

Youth with obesity have an altered high-density lipoprotein (HDL) subspecies profile characterized by depletion of large apoE-rich HDL particles and an enrichment of small HDL particles. The goal of ...

HDL is short for high-density lipoprotein. Each bit of HDL cholesterol is a microscopic blob that consists of a rim of lipoprotein surrounding a cholesterol center. The HDL cholesterol particle is ...

An increased level of Lp(a) lipoprotein has been identified as a risk factor for coronary artery disease that is highly heritable. The genetic determinants of the Lp(a) lipoprotein level and their ...

Lipoprotein particle metabolism can occur via the exogenous or endogenous pathway, depending whether the source of origin is dietary or hepatic. Both the exogenous and endogenous metabolic pathways of ...

A new study shows that a different metric, a measure of HDL function called cholesterol efflux capacity, is more closely associated with protection against heart disease than HDL cholesterol levels ...

SAN CARLOS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Lipoprotein(a) Foundation announced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has approved two ICD-10 codes for the diagnosis of elevated ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Studies in cultured fibroblasts from patients with the clinical syndrome of homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia have disclosed two ...