Enhancing reverse cholesterol transport: the case for phosphatidylcholine therapy.
Enhancing reverse cholesterol transport: the case for phosphatidylcholine therapy.
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增强反向胆固醇转运:磷脂酰胆碱治疗的案例。
DOI:
10.1097/01.mol.0000169345.15450.4b
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发表时间:
2005
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
Ehnholm,Christian
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作者:
Pownall,HenryJ;Ehnholm,Christian
In a 1975 editorial, Charles Day wrote ‘only one agent has demonstrated the ability to reverse experimental atherosclerosis in one or more animal species: lecithin (phosphatidylcholine)’[1]. Dr Day cited barriers to phosphatidylcholine therapy that included cost, purity, toxicity, and stability, which have since been addressed. The route of administration, oral versus intravenous, remains problematical, with the former preferred because of greater safety, lower delivery cost, and reduced patient burden. Another concern was that a therapy that depends on the infusion of phosphatidylcholine, a natural product, could not be proprietary so that interest from pharmaceutical companies would be low. In light of recent studies, there is growing confidence that therapies involving the infusion of phosphatidylcholine might be considered, particularly for high-risk patients for whom conventional therapy is not an option, eg in acute coronary syndrome, familial hypercholesterolemia, or isolated low HDL-cholesterol. Therefore, future plans for phosphatidylcholine therapy, which might include the infusions of phosphatidylcholine microemulsions or HDL reconstituted from apoA-I and phosphatidylcholine (rHDL), or the addition of phosphatidylcholine to existing lipoproteins, must be re-examined within the context of what is currently known about HDL metabolism.