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SUBMITTER: Kon V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8348850 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kon Valentina V Yang Hai-Chun HC Smith Loren E LE Vickers Kasey C KC Linton MacRae F MF
International journal of molecular sciences 20210730 15
Decades of epidemiological studies have established the strong inverse relationship between high-density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol concentration and cardiovascular disease. Recent evidence suggests that HDL particle functions, including anti-inflammatory and antioxidant functions, and cholesterol efflux capacity may be more strongly associated with cardiovascular disease protection than HDL cholesterol concentration. These HDL functions are also relevant in non-cardiovascular diseases, inclu ...[more]