Longitudinal changes in triglycerides according to ANGPTL4[E40K] genotype and longitudinal body weight change in the atherosclerosis risk in communities study.
The prospective, population-based Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study measured the E40KANGPTL4 variant in approximately 10000 white participants and determined its association with coronary heart disease (CHD) incidence (n = 1318 events) between 1987-1989 and 2004.
We examined whether dietary macronutrient intake modified associations between ANGPTL4[E40K] variation and TG and HDL-C in White men and women from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study.
Transgenic overexpression of Angptl4 in atherosclerosis-prone apolipoprotein E*3-Leiden mice did not significantly alter plasma cholesterol and triglyceride levels.
Angiopoietin-like protein 4 (ANGPTL4) has been associated with cardiometabolic disorders including dyslipidemia and atherosclerosis in animal studies; in humans, however, its impact on metabolic traits and cardiovascular risk remains unclear.
In view of the effects of H2O2 and ANGPTL4 on atherosclerosis, the influence of H2O2 on ANGPTL4 provided new insight into the mechanism of atherosclerosis.
Unfortunately, targeting ANGPTL4 for the therapeutic management of dyslipidemia and atherosclerosis is hampered by the observation that mice and monkeys in which ANGPTL4 is inactivated exhibit lipid accumulation in the mesenteric lymph nodes (MLNs).
Together, these findings uncovered an essential role of AT ANGPTL4 in regulating peripheral lipid deposition, influencing whole-body lipid and glucose metabolism and the progression of atherosclerosis.