Journal
CURRENT OPINION IN LIPIDOLOGY
Volume 28, Issue 4, Pages 300-307Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/MOL.0000000000000429
Keywords
ischemic heart disease; remnant cholesterol; remnant-like particle cholesterol; triglyceride-rich lipoprotein
Funding
- Danish Council for Independent Research, Medical Sciences(FSS)
- Danish Heart Foundation
- Herlev and Gentofte Hospital
- Copenhagen University Hospital
- Copenhagen County Foundation
- Chief Physician Johan Boserup and Lise Boserup's Fund, Denmark
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Purpose of review To review recent advances in the field of remnant lipoproteins and remnant cholesterol with a focus on cardiovascular disease risk. Recent findings In line with previous years' research, current observational, genetic, and mechanistic studies find remnant lipoproteins (defined in different ways) to be involved in atherosclerosis development and cardiovascular disease risk. High concentrations of remnant cholesterol could explain some of the residual risk of cardiovascular disease seen after LDL cholesterol lowering. This will be increasingly important as populations worldwide become more obese and more have diabetes, both of which elevate remnant cholesterol concentrations. Many smaller scale studies and post hoc analyses show that remnant cholesterol can be lowered by different types of drugs; however, results from large scale studies with the primary aim of reducing cardiovascular disease risk through lowering of remnant cholesterol in individuals with elevated concentrations are still missing, although some are under way. Summary Remnant cholesterol is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease, and can be lowered by different types of drugs; however, large scale studies of cardiovascular disease risk reduction through remnant lipoprotein lowering are under way.
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