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Treatment with Statins Does Not Revert Trained Immunity in Patients with Familial Hypercholesterolemia

  • Siroon Bekkering
  • , Lotte C.A. Stiekema
  • , Sophie Bernelot Moens
  • , Simone L. Verweij
  • , Boris Novakovic
  • , Koen Prange
  • , Miranda Versloot
  • , Jeanine E. Roeters van Lennep
  • , Henk Stunnenberg
  • , Menno de Winther
  • , Erik S.G. Stroes
  • , Leo A.B. Joosten
  • , Mihai G. Netea
  • , Niels P. Riksen

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Abstract

Individuals with elevated LDL-cholesterol levels have an increased risk for cardiovascular disease. Despite lipid lowering strategies, however, a significant cardiovascular risk remains. Bekkering et al. show that monocytes from patients with familial hypercholesterolemia have a trained immunity phenotype and that lipid lowering with statins does not revert this pro-inflammatory phenotype.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-2
Number of pages2
JournalCell Metabolism
Volume30
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Jul 2019
Externally publishedYes

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