Focus on Lipids: High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Its Associated Lipoproteins in Cardiac and Renal Disease

Hyun Joon Shin, Peter A. McCullough
2014 Nephron Clinical Practice  
High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) contains dozens of apoproteins that participate in normal cholesterol metabolism with a reliance on renal catabolism for clearance from the body. The plasma pool of HDL-C has been an excellent inverse predictor of cardiovascular events. However, when HDL-C concentrations have been manipulated with the use of niacin, fibric acid derivatives, and cholesteryl ester transferase protein inhibitors,
doi:10.1159/000363552 pmid:25343842 fatcat:vp3zo42jtnatdbhwiguzz67v4m