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

Bekkering, Siroon; Stiekema, Lotte C A; Bernelot Moens, Sophie; Verweij, Simone L; Novakovic, Boris; Prange, Koen; Versloot, Miranda; Roeters van Lennep, Jeanine E et al. · Cell Metab · 2019

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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.

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