Physician

Medical Genetics

Marcelo J. Amar

Marcelo J. Amar practices Medical Genetics. Marcelo J. Amar is a published doctor and has 49 publications published. The lastest was: 'Hepatic lipase facilitates the selective uptake of cholesteryl esters from remnant lipoproteins in apoE-deficient mice.'

Publications

Erratum to: Low ambient oxygen prevents atherosclerosis.
Low ambient oxygen prevents atherosclerosis.
Scavenger receptor-BI is a receptor for lipoprotein(a).
Class B Scavenger Receptor Types I and II and CD36 Targeting Improves Sepsis Survival and Acute Outcomes in Mice.
Parkin is a lipid-responsive regulator of fat uptake in mice and mutant human cells.
Zinc Finger Protein Tristetraprolin Interacts with CCL3 mRNA and Regulates Tissue Inflammation.
Helix stabilization of amphipathic peptides by hydrocarbon stapling increases cholesterol efflux by the ABCA1 transporter.
Lecithin Cholesterol Acyltransferase: An Anti- or Pro-atherogenic Factor?
Apolipoprotein mimetic peptides: Mechanisms of action as anti-atherogenic agents.
Intranasal Delivery of E-Selectin Reduces Atherosclerosis in ApoE-/- Mice.
5A, an apolipoprotein A-I mimetic peptide, attenuates the induction of house dust mite-induced asthma.
Apolipoprotein E negatively regulates house dust mite-induced asthma via a low-density lipoprotein receptor-mediated pathway.
5A apolipoprotein mimetic peptide promotes cholesterol efflux and reduces atherosclerosis in mice.
Teenagers and age of first drinking: A disturbing precocity?.
Sphingosine 1-phosphate lyase deficiency disrupts lipid homeostasis in liver.
Fluorescent pegylated nanoparticles demonstrate fluid-phase pinocytosis by macrophages in mouse atherosclerotic lesions.
Lecithin: cholesterol acyltransferase--from biochemistry to role in cardiovascular disease.
Adenoviral expression of human lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase in nonhuman primates leads to an antiatherogenic lipoprotein phenotype by increasing high-density l...
Identification of lactic acid bacteria in Moroccan raw milk and traditionally fermented skimmed milk ''lben''.
Trans-splicing into highly abundant albumin transcripts for production of therapeutic proteins in vivo.
Characterization of placental cholesterol transport: ABCA1 is a potential target for in utero therapy of Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome.
Asymmetry in the lipid affinity of bihelical amphipathic peptides. A structural determinant for the specificity of ABCA1-dependent cholesterol efflux by peptides.
HDL-replacement therapy: mechanism of action, types of agents and potential clinical indications.
Contribution of macromolecular structure to the retention of low-density lipoprotein at arterial branch points.
Apolipoprotein AI mimetic peptides: possible new agents for the treatment of atherosclerosis.
Lipolytic and ligand-binding functions of hepatic lipase protect against atherosclerosis in LDL receptor-deficient mice.
Hepatic ABCG5/G8 overexpression reduces apoB-lipoproteins and atherosclerosis when cholesterol absorption is inhibited.
Enhanced ABCG1 expression increases atherosclerosis in LDLr-KO mice on a western diet.
Effects of FXR in foam-cell formation and atherosclerosis development.
ABCA1 overexpression in the liver of LDLr-KO mice leads to accumulation of pro-atherogenic lipoproteins and enhanced atherosclerosis.
Wild-type PCSK9 inhibits LDL clearance but does not affect apoB-containing lipoprotein production in mouse and cultured cells.
The ligand-binding function of hepatic lipase modulates the development of atherosclerosis in transgenic mice.
Hepatic ABCG5 and ABCG8 overexpression increases hepatobiliary sterol transport but does not alter aortic atherosclerosis in transgenic mice.
Hepatic lipase expression in macrophages contributes to atherosclerosis in apoE-deficient and LCAT-transgenic mice.
Role of the hepatic ABCA1 transporter in modulating intrahepatic cholesterol and plasma HDL cholesterol concentrations.
The farnesoid X-receptor is an essential regulator of cholesterol homeostasis.
The E-box motif in the proximal ABCA1 promoter mediates transcriptional repression of the ABCA1 gene.
The ATP binding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) modulates the development of aortic atherosclerosis in C57BL/6 and apoE-knockout mice.
ABCA1 overexpression leads to hyperalphalipoproteinemia and increased biliary cholesterol excretion in transgenic mice.
Hepatic lipase deficiency decreases the selective uptake of HDL-cholesteryl esters in vivo.
In vivo evidence for both lipolytic and nonlipolytic function of hepatic lipase in the metabolism of HDL.
Cholesteryl ester transfer protein corrects dysfunctional high density lipoproteins and reduces aortic atherosclerosis in lecithin cholesterol acyltransferase transgen...
Hepatic lipase facilitates the selective uptake of cholesteryl esters from remnant lipoproteins in apoE-deficient mice.
The role of hepatic lipase in lipoprotein metabolism and atherosclerosis.
Regulation of nitrogen metabolism is altered in a glnB mutant strain of Rhizobium leguminosarum.
Effect of a factor released by K562 malignant cells in culture on human neutrophil bactericidal activity.
Production by K 562 cells of an inhibitor of adherence-related functions of human neutrophils.
Endothelial Expression of Scavenger Receptor Class B, Type I Protects against Development of Atherosclerosis in Mice.

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