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SUBMITTER: Di Costanzo A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7766839 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Di Costanzo Alessia A Ronca Annalisa A D'Erasmo Laura L Manfredini Matteo M Baratta Francesco F Pastori Daniele D Di Martino Michele M Ceci Fabrizio F Angelico Francesco F Del Ben Maria M Pavanello Chiara C Turri Marta M Calabresi Laura L Favari Elda E Arca Marcello M
Biomedicines 20201218 12
<b>Background</b>. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) increases the risk of atherosclerosis but this risk may differ between metabolically- vs. genetically-driven NAFLD. High-density lipoprotein (HDL)-mediated cholesterol efflux (CEC) and plasma loading capacity (CLC) are key factors in atherogenesis. <b>Aims</b>. To test whether CEC and CLC differ between metabolically- vs. genetically-determined NAFLD. <b>Methods</b>: CEC and CLC were measured in 19 patients with metabolic NAFLD and wil ...[more]