title: New lipid-lowering agents.
abstract: Lipid-lowering is established as a proven intervention to reduce atherosclerosis and its complications. This article summarises imminent developments in lipid-lowering therapy, including new statins and cholesterol absorption inhibitors currently undergoing investigation for licensing. It also discusses other therapeutic targets such as squalene synthase, microsomal transfer protein (MTP), acyl-cholesterol acyl transferase (ACAT), cholesterol ester transfer protein (CETP), peroxosimal proliferator activating receptors (PPARs) and lipoprotein (a) (LP(a)), for which compounds have been developed and have at least reached trials in animal models. Lipid-lowering drugs are likely to prove a fast-developing area for novel treatments, as possible synergies exist between new and established compounds for the treatment of atherosclerosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Pathology, St. Thomas' Hospital Campus, Lambeth Palace Road, London, SE1 7EH, UK. Anthony.Wierzbicki@kcl.ac.uk
authors.forename: Anthony S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Wierzbicki
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000924:Anticholesteremic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000201:enzymology; D001647:Bile Acids and Salts / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000378:metabolism; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000378:metabolism; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D006801:Humans; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009525:Niacin / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000924:Anticholesteremic Agents; D001647:Bile Acids and Salts; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D019161:Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors; D009525:Niacin