Bile acid receptors as targets for the treatment of dyslipidemia and cardiovascular disease

Dyslipidemia is an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and atherosclerosis. When dyslipidemia coincides with other metabolic disorders such as obesity, hypertension, and glucose intolerance, defined as the metabolic syndrome (MS), individuals present an elevated risk to develop ty...

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Main Authors: Geoffrey Porez, Janne Prawitt, Barbara Gross, Bart Staels
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-09-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
Subjects:
FXR
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002222752041819X