HDL and LDL cholesterol physiology and clinical significance
By: [edited by] Irwin S. Pagano and Nathan B. Strait.
Contributors: Pagano, Irwin S.; Strait, Nathan B.
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Hauppauge, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781607417675
Subjects: High density lipoproteins -- Physiological effect; High density lipoproteins -- Pathophysiology; Low density lipoproteins -- Physiological effect; Low density lipoproteins -- Pathophysiology; Cholesterol, HDL -- physiology; Cholesterol, LDL -- physiology; Hypercholesterolemia -- prevention & control
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Cost-effectiveness of pharmacological therapies to reduce LDL-cholesterol levels / Pedro Plans; title: Mechanisms for oxidative modification of LDL by cigarette smoking : new insight into potential implications for atherosclerosis / Yu Yamaguchi, Jun Haginaka, and Masaru Kunitomo; title: Selective LDL apheresis reduced on plasma concentrations of adhesion molecules / Kouichi Utsumi, Kae Ueda, and Yasuo Katayama; title: Pleiotropic effects of atorvastatin on vascular injury in diabetes / Sho-ichi Yamagishi ... [et al.]; title: Antibodies to oxidatively modified LDL and atherosclerosis / Ulrike Resch, Franz Tatzber; title: 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.]; title: Cholesterol-HDL levels and functionality of the HDL particle, its anti-inflammatory/antioxidant properties / Fitó M. ... [et al.]; title: The role of HDL- associated enzymes in bovine reproduction / Romana Turk; title: HDL physicochemical characteristics as determinants of their plasma concentrations : what we have learned from thiazolidinediones / Oscar Pérez-Méndez ... [et al.]; title: High-density lipoproteins and coronary heart disease HDLs : a heterogeneous and multi-functional lipoprotein class / Bela F. Asztalos and Katalin V. Horvath.