Activity was measured by the amount of free fatty acids released by control or postheparin plasma from an artificial lipoprotein triglyceride substrate during one hour of incubation at 37°C. as ...

Lipoprotein lipase (LPL) hydrolyzes circulating triglycerides (TGs). We previously showed that 3′-end haplotypes in the LPL gene influence atherosclerosis and insulin resistance. This study asked ...

Purpose: Our aim was to test whether polymorphisms in the lipoprotein lipase (LPL) gene were associated with the progression of atherosclerosis in grafts examined in the Post-Coronary Artery Bypass ...

Over a 6-year period, patients with the genetic disease lipoprotein lipase deficiency (LPLD) who received a single gene therapy treatment of alipogene tiparvovec had a marked reduction in the severity ...

Familial hyperchylomicronemia syndrome (FCS) is a rare disorder you get from genes passed down from your parents. When you have it, your body isn’t able to break down (metabolize) fat. Specifically, ...

Evinacumab is highlighted as a new therapy for treating patients with homozygous FH. Eliot Brinton, MD: There has been a recent breakthrough in HoFH [homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia] ...

In a recent study published in the Scientific Reports Journal, researchers from Japan conducted a longitudinal study investigating the association between white blood cell count and hypercholesteremia ...