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ReviewCellular and molecular gastroenterology and hepatology2025

Molecular Regulation and Therapeutic Targeting of VLDL Production in Cardiometabolic Disease.

Kendall H Burks, Nathan O Stitziel, Nicholas O Davidson

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Review in Cellular and molecular gastroenterology and hepatology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 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

3 authors.

Kendall H BurksDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Center for Cardiovascular Research, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri.
Nathan O StitzielDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Center for Cardiovascular Research, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri.
Nicholas O DavidsonDivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri. Electronic address: nod@wustl.edu.

Funding

Supplement Proposal: Accelerated Genome Aggregation and Joint Variant Calling EffortUM1HG008853 · NHGRI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI HALL, IRA M, MILBRANDT, JEFFREY D · 2016 to 2020
$76.2M
NATIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE AWARD-MEDICAL SCIENTISTT32GM007200 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI YOKOYAMA, WAYNE M. · 1985 to 2024
$59.8M
Washington University DDRCC Supplemental Equipment RequestP30DK052574 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Nicholas O. Davidson · 2000 to 2026
$30.8M
Triglycerides, Diabetes and Cardiovascular DiseaseP01HL151328 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI Nathan Oliver Stitziel · 2020 to 2026
$19.6M
Impaired VLDL secretion, progression and reversal of hepatic fibrogenesisR01DK119437 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Nicholas O. Davidson · 2019 to 2026
$3.8M
ANGPTL3 DEFICIENCY AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS IN HUMANSR01HL131961 · NHLBI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI STITZIEL, NATHAN OLIVER · 2016 to 2020
$3.2M
Intestinal Resection Associated Liver Injury and FibrosisR01DK128169 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI DAVIDSON, NICHOLAS O., DING, LI · 2021 to 2024
$2.3M
Mechanistic Studies of the Novel Human Coronary Artery Disease Gene SVEP1R01HL159171 · NHLBI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI STITZIEL, NATHAN OLIVER · 2022 to 2025
$2.2M
Training in Integrative and Systems Biology of Cardiovascular DiseaseT32HL134635 · NHLBI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI NERBONNE, JEANNE M. · 2017 to 2021
$1.8M
Effects of Genetic ANGPTL3 Deficiency on Hepatic Lipid Regulation and Lipoprotein ProductionF30HL162576 · NHLBI · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI BURKS, KENDALL HELENE · 2023 to 2024
$88k
NHGRI NIH HHS UM1 HG008853NHLBI NIH HHS F30 HL162576NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL151328NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL131961NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL159171NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL134635NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK052574NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK119437NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK128169NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM007200
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There exists a complex relationship between steatotic liver disease (SLD) and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD). CVD is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality among individuals with SLD, particularly those with metabolic dysfunction-associated SLD (MASLD), a significant proportion of whom also exhibit features of insulin resistance. Recent evidence supports an expanded role of very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) in the pathogenesis of CVD in patients, both with and without associated metabolic dysfunction. VLDL represents the major vehicle for exporting neutral lipid from hepatocytes, with each particle containing one molecule of apolipoproteinB100 (APOB100). VLDL production becomes dysregulated under conditions characteristic of MASLD including steatosis and insulin resistance. Insulin resistance not only affects VLDL production but also mediates the pathogenesis of atherosclerotic CVD. VLDL assembly and secretion therefore represents an important pathway in the setting of cardiometabolic disease and offers several candidates for therapeutic targeting, particularly in metabolically complex patients with MASLD at increased risk of atherosclerotic CVD. Here we review the clinical significance as well as the translational and therapeutic potential of key regulatory steps impacting VLDL initiation, maturation, secretion, catabolism, and clearance.

Indexed as

Cardiovascular DiseasesLipoproteins, VLDLAnimalsApolipoprotein B-100AtherosclerosisFatty LiverHumansInsulin ResistanceMetabolic DiseasesApolipoprotein B-100Lipoproteins, VLDLapolipoprotein B100atherosclerosiscardiovascular diseasemetabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver diseaseVery-low-density lipoprotein

Identifiers

PMID39406347
PMCPMC11609389

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