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ReviewTrends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM2025

Walking the VLDL tightrope in cardiometabolic diseases.

Mindy Kim, Ze Zheng

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Review in Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Mindy KimMedical Scientist Training Program, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 53226, USA; Department of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 53226, USA. Electronic address: minkim@mcw.edu.
Ze ZhengDepartment of Physiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 53226, USA; Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 53226, USA; Cardiovascular Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 53226, USA; Thrombosis & Hemostasis Program, Versiti Blood Research Institute, Milwaukee, 53226, USA. Electronic address: zzheng@mcw.edu.

Funding

Medical Scientist Training ProgramT32GM080202 · NIGMS · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI BARBIERI, JOSEPH T, SALZMAN, NITA H · 2010 to 2024
$5.7M
The role of hepatocyte tPA in hepatic VLDL production.R01HL163516 · NHLBI · MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN · PI Ze Zheng · 2022 to 2026
$2.7M
American Heart Association-American Stroke Association 952422 - ZE ZHENGNHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL163516NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM080202
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Very-low-density lipoprotein (VLDL), a triglyceride-rich lipoprotein secreted by hepatocytes, is pivotal for supplying peripheral tissues with fatty acids for energy production. As if walking on a tightrope, perturbations in the balance of VLDL metabolism contribute to cardiometabolic dysfunction, promoting pathologies such as cardiovascular disease (CVD) or metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD). Despite the advent of lipid-lowering therapies, including statins and proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitors, risks for cardiovascular events persist. With limitations to currently available CVD therapeutics and no US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved treatment for MASLD, this review summarizes the current understanding of VLDL metabolism that sheds light on novel therapeutic avenues to pursue for cardiometabolic disorders.

Indexed as

Cardiovascular DiseasesLipoproteins, VLDLMetabolic DiseasesAnimalsFatty LiverHumansLipoproteins, VLDLcardiometabolic diseasecardiovascular diseaselipoproteinsmetabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver diseaseVLDL metabolism

Identifiers

PMID39191606
PMCPMC11861388

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