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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779646903321

Titolo

HDL and LDL cholesterol [[electronic resource] ] : physiology and clinical significance / / Irwin S. Pagano and Nathan B. Strait, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Nova Biomedical Books, c2009

ISBN

1-60876-728-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (242 p.)

Collana

Biochemistry research trends series

Altri autori (Persone)

PaganoIrwin S

StraitNathan B

Disciplina

572/.68

Soggetti

High density lipoproteins - Physiological effect

High density lipoproteins - Pathophysiology

Low density lipoproteins - Physiological effect

Low density lipoproteins - Pathophysiology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cost-effectiveness of pharmacological therapies to reduce LDL-cholesterol levels / Pedro Plans-Rubió -- Mechanisms for oxidative modification of LDL by cigarette smoking : new insight into potential implications for atherosclerosis / Yu Yamaguchi, Jun Haginaka, and Masaru Kunitomo -- Selective LDL apheresis reduced on plasma concentrations of adhesion molecules / Kouichi Utsumi, Kae Ueda, and Yasuo Katayama -- Pleiotropic effects of atorvastatin on vascular injury in diabetes / Sho-ichi Yamagishi ... [et al.] -- Antibodies to oxidatively modified LDL and atherosclerosis / Ulrike Resch, Franz Tatzber -- Overview of longevity-associated mitochondrial DNA 5178 C/A polymorphism and a discussion of its modulation of the effects of habitual smoking on serum total and LDL cholesterol levels in middle-aged Japanese men / Akatsuki Kokaze ... [et al.] -- Cholesterol-HDL levels and functionality of the HDL particle, its anti-inflammatory/antioxidant properties / M. Fitó ... [et al.] -- The role of HDL-associated enzymes in bovine reproduction / Romana Turk -- HDL physicochemical characteristics as determinants of their plasma concentrations : what we have learned from thiazolidinediones / Oscar Pérez-Méndez ... [et al.] -- High-density lipoproteins and coronary



heart disease HDLs : a heterogeneous and multi-functional lipoprotein class / Bela F. Asztalos and Katalin V. Horvath.