Treatment with Statins Does Not Revert Trained Immunity in Patients with Familial Hypercholesterolemia
2019
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 hypercholesterolemiahave a trained immunity phenotype and that lipid lowering with statins does not
revertthis pro-inflammatory phenotype.
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