Darapladib, a potent inhibitor of lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2), has not reduced risk of cardiovascular disease outcomes in recent randomized trials. We aimed to test whether Lp-PLA2 enzyme activity is causally relevant to coronary heart disease.

Genetic invalidation of Lp-PLA2 as a therapeutic target: Large-scale study of five functional Lp-PLA2-lowering alleles

VERONESI, GIOVANNI;GIANFAGNA, FRANCESCO;
2017-01-01

Abstract

Darapladib, a potent inhibitor of lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2), has not reduced risk of cardiovascular disease outcomes in recent randomized trials. We aimed to test whether Lp-PLA2 enzyme activity is causally relevant to coronary heart disease.
2017
Human genetics; coronary heart disease; darapladib; lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2; target validation
Gregson, John M; Freitag, Daniel F; Surendran, Praveen; Stitziel, Nathan O; Chowdhury, Rajiv; Burgess, Stephen; Kaptoge, Stephen; Gao, Pei; Staley, James R; Willeit, Peter; Nielsen, Sune F; Caslake, Muriel; Trompet, Stella; Polfus, Linda M; Kuulasmaa, Kari; Kontto, Jukka; Perola, Markus; Blankenberg, Stefan; Veronesi, Giovanni; Gianfagna, Francesco; Männistö, Satu; Kimura, Akinori; Lin, Honghuang; Reilly, Dermot F; Gorski, Mathias; Mijatovic, Vladan; Munroe, Patricia B; Ehret, Georg B; Thompson, Alex; Uria Nickelsen, Maria; Malarstig, Anders; Dehghan, Abbas; Vogt, Thomas F; Sasaoka, Taishi; Takeuchi, Fumihiko; Kato, Norihiro; Yamada, Yoshiji; Kee, Frank; Müller Nurasyid, Martina; Ferrières, Jean; Arveiler, Dominique; Amouyel, Philippe; Salomaa, Veikko; Boerwinkle, Eric; Thompson, Simon G; Ford, Ian; Wouter Jukema, J; Sattar, Naveed; Packard, Chris J; Shafi Majumder, Abdulla Al; Alam, Dewan S; Deloukas, Panos; Schunkert, Heribert; Samani, Nilesh J; Kathiresan, Sekar; Nordestgaard, Børge G; Saleheen, Danish; Howson, Joanna Mm; Di Angelantonio, Emanuele; Butterworth, Adam S; Danesh, John
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