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Book Chapters
, 2023, 'Role of Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin Kexin Type 9 in Lipoprotein(a) Metabolism', in Lipoprotein(a)
Journal articles
, 2026, 'HDL metabolism and function in diabetes mellitus', Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 22, pp. 36 - 49, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41574-025-01176-y
, 2025, 'PCSK9 deficiency promotes the development of peripheral neuropathy.', JCI insight, pp. e183786, http://dx.doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.183786
, 2025, 'Apolipoprotein E Plasma Concentrations Are Predictive of Recurrent Strokes: Insights From the SPARCL Trial.', Journal of the American Heart Association, 14, pp. e036630, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.124.036630
, 2025, 'Apolipoprotein E Plasma Concentrations Are Predictive of Recurrent Strokes: Insights From the SPARCL Trial.', Journal of the American Heart Association, 14, pp. e036630, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.124.036630
, 2024, 'Apolipoprotein e concentrations are predictive of recurrent strokes: Insights from the SPARCL trial', Atherosclerosis, 395, pp. 118505 - 118505, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2024.118505
, 2024, 'GENETIC REGULATION OF LIPOPROTEIN(A) BY MICRORNAS', ATHEROSCLEROSIS, 395
, 2023, 'Lipoprotein(a): More Than Just a Biomarker of Myocardial Fibrosis', Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 82, pp. 2292 - 2295, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2023.10.019
, 2023, 'Lipoprotein(a): A Residual Cardiovascular Risk Factor in Statin-Treated Stroke Survivors: Insights From the SPARCL Trial', Jacc Advances, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jacadv.2023.100557
, 2023, 'Plasma Apolipoprotein Concentrations Are Highly Altered in Severe Intensive Care Unit COVID-19 Patients: Preliminary Results from the LIPICOR Cohort Study', International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms24054605
, 2023, 'PCSK9 and the nervous system: a no-brainer?', Journal of lipid research, 64, pp. 100426, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jlr.2023.100426
, 2022, 'Plasma apolipoprotein concentrations and incident diabetes in subjects with prediabetes', Cardiovascular Diabetology, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12933-022-01452-5
, 2022, 'Abstract 13083: Lipoprotein(a) is a Residual Cardiovascular Risk Factor in Statin Treated Stroke Survivors - Insights From the SPARCL Trial', Circulation, 146, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/circ.146.suppl_1.13083
, 2022, 'Abstract 13135: Mir455 Targets the Repeated Domains of Lpa Open Reading Frame and Lowers Its Expression and The Secretion of Apolipoprotein (a) From Human Cells', Circulation, 146, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/circ.146.suppl_1.13135
, 2022, 'Lipoprotein(a) is a Residual Cardiovascular Risk Factor in Statin Treated Stroke Survivors - Insights From the SPARCL Trial', CIRCULATION, 146
, 2022, 'A Novel, Orally Bioavailable, Small-Molecule Inhibitor of PCSK9 With Significant Cholesterol-Lowering Properties In Vivo', Journal of Lipid Research, 63, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/J.JLR.2022.100293
, 2022, 'Genetic and Mechanistic Insights into the Modulation of Circulating Lipoprotein (a) Concentration by Apolipoprotein E Isoforms', Current Atherosclerosis Reports, 24, pp. 399 - 405, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11883-022-01016-8
, 2022, 'Recent advances in demystifying the metabolism of lipoprotein(a)', Atherosclerosis, 349, pp. 82 - 91, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2022.04.002
, 2022, 'The size of apolipoprotein (a) is an independent determinant of the reduction in lipoprotein (a) induced by PCSK9 inhibitors', Cardiovascular Research, 118, pp. 2103 - 2111, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cvr/cvab247
, 2022, 'Genome-Wide Penetrant FormCharacterization of Hyperlipoprotein(a)emia of a Highly Associated with Genetically Elevated Cardiovascular Risk', Circulation Genomic and Precision Medicine, 15, pp. E003489, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/CIRCGEN.121.003489
, 2022, 'Plasma apolipoprotein concentrations and new-onset diabetes in subjects with prediabetes', Atherosclerosis, 355, pp. 8 - 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2022.06.112
, 2021, 'A Systematic Approach to Assess the Activity and Classification of PCSK9 Variants.', International journal of molecular sciences, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms222413602
, 2021, 'Heart to heart with PCSK9.', European heart journal, 42, pp. 3091 - 3093, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehab480
, 2021, 'Novel PCSK9 (Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin Kexin Type 9) Variants in Patients With Familial Hypercholesterolemia From Cape Town', Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, 41, pp. 934 - 943, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/ATVBAHA.120.314482
, 2021, 'Lipoprotein metabolism in familial hypercholesterolemia', Journal of Lipid Research, 62, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/J.JLR.2021.100062
, 2021, 'GENOME-WIDE CHARACTERIZATION OF A HIGHLY PENETRANT FORM OF HYPERLIPOPROTEIN(A)EMIA CAUSATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH GENETICALLY ELEVATED CARDIOVASCULAR RISK', ATHEROSCLEROSIS, 331, pp. E115 - E115
, 2021, 'Novel PCSK9 (Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin Kexin Type 9) Variants in Patients With Familial Hypercholesterolemia From Cape Town (vol 41, 10.1161/ATVBAHA.120.314482, 2020)', ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY, 41, pp. E77 - E77, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/ATV.0000000000000137
, 2020, 'A high-throughput mass spectrometry–based assay for large-scale profiling of circulating human apolipoproteins', Journal of Lipid Research, 61, pp. 1128 - 1139, http://dx.doi.org/10.1194/JLR.D120000835
, 2020, 'Lipoprotein(a) Cellular Uptake Ex Vivo and Hepatic Capture In Vivo Is Insensitive to PCSK9 Inhibition With Alirocumab', Jacc Basic to Translational Science, 5, pp. 549 - 557, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jacbts.2020.03.008
, 2020, 'A small molecule inhibitor of PCSK9 that antagonizes LDL receptor binding via interaction with a cryptic PCSK9 binding groove', Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry, 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bmc.2020.115344
, 2019, 'Reduced Lipoprotein(a) Associated With the Apolipoprotein E2 Genotype Confers Cardiovascular Protection in Familial Hypercholesterolemia', Jacc Basic to Translational Science, 4, pp. 425 - 427, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jacbts.2019.03.002
, 2019, 'PCSK9 inhibition for autosomal recessive hypercholesterolemia', Atherosclerosis, 284, pp. 209 - 211, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2019.02.013
, 2019, 'PCSK9: from biology to clinical applications', Pathology, 51, pp. 177 - 183, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pathol.2018.10.012
, 2018, 'PCSK9 inhibition with alirocumab reduces lipoprotein(a) levels in nonhuman primates by lowering apolipoprotein(a) production rate', Clinical Science, 132, pp. 1075 - 1083, http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/CS20180040
, 2018, 'Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia patients with identical mutations variably express the LDLR (low-density lipoprotein receptor): Implications for the efficacy of evolocumab', Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, 38, pp. 592 - 598, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/ATVBAHA.117.310217
, 2018, 'Kinetics of plasma apolipoprotein E isoforms by LC-MS/MS: A pilot study', Journal of Lipid Research, 59, pp. 892 - 900, http://dx.doi.org/10.1194/jlr.P083576
, 2018, 'A SYSTEMATIC FUNCTIONAL ACTIVITY CHARACTERIZATION OF THE MOST FREQUENT GOF AND LOF PSCK9 VARIANTS', ATHEROSCLEROSIS, 275, pp. E153 - E153, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2018.06.455
, 2018, 'PRODUCTION AND PURIFICATION OF RECOMBINANT PCSK9 TO STUDY PCSK9 GAIN OF FUNCTION (GOF) AND LOSS OF FUNCTION (LOF) MUTANTS', ATHEROSCLEROSIS, 275, pp. E165 - E165, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2018.06.497
Conference Papers
, 2022, 'Mir455 Targets the Repeated Domains of Lpa Open Reading Frame and Lowers Its Expression and The Secretion of Apolipoprotein (a) From Human Cells', in CIRCULATION, LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, IL, Chicago, presented at Scientific Sessions of the American-Heart-Association / Resuscitation Science Symposium, IL, Chicago, 05 November 2022 - 06 November 2022
, 2022, 'LIPOPROTEIN(A) IS A RESIDUAL CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTOR IN STATIN TREATED STROKE SURVIVORS: INSIGHTS FROM THE SPARCL TRIAL', in ATHEROSCLEROSIS, ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD, ITALY, Milan, pp. E28 - E28, presented at 90th Congress of the European-Atherosclerosis-Society (EAS), ITALY, Milan, 22 May 2022 - 25 May 2022
, 2022, 'PLASMA APOLIPOPROTEIN CONCENTRATIONS AND NEW-ONSET DIABETES IN SUBJECTS WITH PREDIABETES', in ATHEROSCLEROSIS, ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD, ITALY, Milan, pp. E40 - E41, presented at 90th Congress of the European-Atherosclerosis-Society (EAS), ITALY, Milan, 22 May 2022 - 25 May 2022
, 2022, 'PLASMA APOLIPOPROTEIN CONCENTRATIONS AND NEW-ONSET DIABETES IN SUBJECTS WITH PREDIABETES', in ATHEROSCLEROSIS, ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD, ITALY, Milan, pp. E39 - E40, presented at 90th Congress of the European-Atherosclerosis-Society (EAS), ITALY, Milan, 22 May 2022 - 25 May 2022
, 2019, 'Lipoprotein (a) Cellular Uptake ex-vivo and Hepatic Capture in-vivo is Insensitive to Pcsk9 Inhibition With Alirocumab', in CIRCULATION, LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, PA, Philadelphia, presented at Scientific Sessions of the American-Heart-Association, PA, Philadelphia, 16 November 2019 - 18 November 2019