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ReviewTrends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM2016

New Insights into the High-Density Lipoprotein Dilemma.

Henry J Pownall, Antonio M Gotto

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In one paragraph

Review in Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Mendelian randomization studies on cardiometabolic factors and intracranial aneurysms: A systematic literature analysis.Zhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Henry J PownallWeill-Cornell Medicine, 6670 Bertner Avenue, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Electronic address: HJPownall@houstonmethodist.org.
Antonio M GottoWeill-Cornell Medicine, 1305 York Avenue, New York, NY, USA.
Cornell University · US

Funding

Therapeutic Approaches to Dysregulated HDL MetabolismR01HL056865 · NHLBI · METHODIST HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI POWNALL, HENRY J. · 1997 to 2015
$5.2M
ENZYMIC REACTIONS OF MODEL PLASMA LIPOPROTEINSR01HL030914 · NHLBI · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI POWNALL, HENRY J. · 1985 to 2010
$2.2M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL030914NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL056865
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C) concentration is a negative risk factor for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD), efforts to reduce CVD risk by raising HDL-C have not been uniformly successful. Many studies have shown that alcohol consumption, that increases plasma HDL-C concentration, reduces CVD incidence. However, recent genetic studies in large populations have not only removed HDL-C from the causal link between plasma HDL-C concentration and reduced CVD risk, but also suggest that the association is weak. We propose here that the cardioprotective effects of alcohol are mediated by the interaction of its terminal metabolite, acetate, with the adipocyte free fatty acid receptor 2 (FFAR2), which elicits a profound antilipolytic effect that may increase insulin sensitivity without necessarily raising plasma HDL-C concentration.

Indexed as

AcetatesAlcoholsAnimalsAtherosclerosisCardiovascular DiseasesDyslipidemiasHumansLipoproteins, HDLReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledAcetatesAlcoholsLipoproteins, HDLReceptors, G-Protein-CoupledacetatealcoholatherosclerosisdyslipidemiaFFAR2HDL

Identifiers

PMID26673122
PMCPMC4707953
OpenAlexW2195064189

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Registered trials

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