Cholesterol Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Cholesterol, including details on high cholesterol, hdl, ldl, diet, risks.

Volume 5 (2008), Issue 2 (February)

1. Diabetes alters LDL receptor and PCSK9 expression in rat liver.
   Arch Biochem Biophys, 470(2): 111-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. The common -55 C/T polymorphism in the promoter region of the uncoupling protein 3 gene reduces prevalence of obesity and elevates serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels in the general Japanese population.
   Metabolism, 57(3): 410-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Efficacy of plant sterols is not influenced by dietary cholesterol intake in hypercholesterolemic individuals.
   Metabolism, 57(3): 339-46. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. 3-Keto-5alpha-steroid Delta(1)-dehydrogenase from Rhodococcus erythropolis SQ1 and its orthologue in Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv are highly specific enzymes that function in cholesterol catabolism.
   Biochem J, 410(2): 339-46. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. ApoB/A1 and LDL-C/HDL-C and the prediction of cardiovascular risk in statin-treated patients.
   Curr Med Res Opin, 24(2): 359-64. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. LDL-cholesterol concentrations: a genome-wide association study.
   Lancet, 371(9611): 483-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. High-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein particle size, and apolipoprotein A-I: significance for cardiovascular risk: the IDEAL and EPIC-Norfolk studies.
   J Am Coll Cardiol, 51(6): 634-42. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Interleaflet coupling mechanisms in bilayers of lipids and cholesterol.
   Biophys J, 94(5): L32-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Activation of PKCbeta(II) and PKCtheta is essential for LDL-induced cell proliferation of human aortic smooth muscle cells via Gi-mediated Erk1/2 activation and Egr-1 upregulation.
   Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 368(1): 126-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Impact of triglyceride levels beyond low-density lipoprotein cholesterol after acute coronary syndrome in the PROVE IT-TIMI 22 trial.
    J Am Coll Cardiol, 51(7): 724-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Transcriptional profiling and inhibition of cholesterol biosynthesis in human T lymphocyte cells by the marine toxin azaspiracid.
    Genomics, 91(3): 289-300. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Niemann-Pick C1-like 1 is required for an LXR agonist to raise plasma HDL cholesterol in mice.
    Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 28(3): 448-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Plasma levels of HDL subpopulations and remnant lipoproteins predict the extent of angiographically-defined coronary artery disease in postmenopausal women.
    Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 28(3): 575-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. C-reactive protein inhibits cholesterol efflux from human macrophage-derived foam cells.
    Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 28(3): 519-26. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Metabolic syndrome features small, apolipoprotein A-I-poor, triglyceride-rich HDL3 particles with defective anti-apoptotic activity.
    Atherosclerosis, 197(1): 84-94. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Atorvastatin increases HDL cholesterol by reducing CETP expression in cholesterol-fed APOE*3-Leiden.CETP mice.
    Atherosclerosis, 197(1): 57-63. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Apolipoprotein B is a better marker than non-HDL-cholesterol for the metabolic syndrome in Koreans.
    Atherosclerosis, 197(1): 333-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Atherogenic lipoprotein phenotype and LDL size and subclasses in patients with peripheral arterial disease.
    Atherosclerosis, 197(1): 237-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. The association of smoking and cardiovascular disease in a population with low cholesterol levels: a study of 648,346 men from the Korean national health system prospective cohort study.
    Stroke, 39(3): 760-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Differential regulation of the lateral mobility of plasma membrane phospholipids by the extracellular matrix and cholesterol.
    J Cell Physiol, 215(2): 550-61. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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