The incidence and prevalence of diabetes mellitus is rapidly increasing worldwide at an
alarming rate. Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is the most prevalent form of diabetes …

Acute-phase reactant serum amyloid A (A-SAA) plays an important role in acute and chronic
inflammation and is used in clinical laboratories as an indicator of inflammation. Although …

Background: The role of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) function in cardiovascular disease
represents an important emerging concept. The present study investigated whether HDL anti …

Oxidant–antioxidant imbalance is involved in the etiology of different diseases, including
cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), liver disorders, kidney diseases, cancers and diabetes …

Sex steroid hormones are synthesized from cholesterol and exert pleiotropic effects notably
in the central nervous system. Pioneering studies from Baulieu and colleagues have …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in Western countries. A low
HDL-C is associated with the development of CVD. However, recent epidemiology studies …

Alterations affecting high-density lipoproteins (HDLs) are one of the various abnormalities
observed in dyslipidemia in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and obesity. Kinetic studies …

ApoA-I—the main apolipoprotein constituent of the HDL (high-density lipoprotein) fraction of
human plasma—is of therapeutic interest because it has several cardioprotective functions …

High-density lipoproteins (HDLs) represent a class of lipoproteins very heterogeneous in
structure, composition, and biological functions, which carry out reverse cholesterol …

(1) Background: high-density lipoproteins (HDLs) exhibit antioxidant and anti-inflammatory
properties that play an important role in preventing the development of atherosclerotic …