High-density Lipoproteins: Structure, Metabolism, Function And Therapeutics Hardcover

Anatol Kontush

High-density lipoprotein, HDL, is one of the hottest topics in lipid research and cardiovascular disease prevention today. Emphasizing the functional properties of HDL and covering emerging therapeutic targets and roles for cardiovascular disease, this book summarizes the current state of knowledge in a rapidly growing domain at the interface between lipidology and cardiovascular therapies and treatments. It presents evaluative assays, extensively reviews HDL particles' functional, compositional, and metabolic heterogeneity (with special attention given to potent atheroprotective properties of small, dense HDL), and compares current and future HDL-raising therapies.

9780470408216

English

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

11 Jan 2012

648

Anatol Kontush, BSc (Hons), PhD, is Research Director at the Dyslipidemia and Atherosclerosis Research Unit of the National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) at the Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital, Paris, France. An award-winning scientist, Dr. Kontush has authored more than 100 original papers and book chapters. M. John Chapman, BSc, PhD, DSc, FESC, is President of the European Atherosclerosis Society and Director of the Dyslipidemia and Atherosclerosis Research Unit of the National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) at the Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital in Paris, France, affiliated with the medical faculty of the Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris. He has authored more than 400 articles and book chapters.

M. John Chapman

In summary, the need for this book is immense: It is an encyclopedia where everyone working in or near the field can quickly find the fact or reference they need. It is a textbook one can give to a student on the first day in the lab. It is a novel that can be read when running out of controversies in your own field. ( ChemMedChem , 1 April 2013)