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ey0018.2-18 | Maternal Obesity and Long-term Infant Consequences | ESPEYB18

2.18. Maternal obesity interrupts the coordination of the unfolded protein response and heat shock response in the postnatal developing hypothalamus of male offspring in mice

N Chen , Y Zhang , M Wang , X Lin , J Li , J Li , X Xiao

Mol Cell Endocrinol. 2021 May 1;527:111218. doi: 10.1016/j.mce.2021.111218. PMID: 33636254This study used a high fat and high sucrose diet to generate obese mice. The offspring of these mice showed activation of the unfolding protein response and the heat-shock response in the hypothalamus as early as weaning. This was associated with malformed paraventricular nucleus axonal projections ...

ey0020.10-12 | Dyslipidemia | ESPEYB20

10.12. Bempedoic acid and cardiovascular outcomes in statin-intolerant patients

SE Nissen , AM Lincoff , D Brennan , KK Ray , D Mason , JJP Kastelein , PD Thompson , P Libby , L Cho , J Plutzky , HE Bays , PM Moriarty , V Menon , DE Grobbee , MJ Louie , CF Chen , N Li , L Bloedon , P Robinson , M Horner , WJ Sasiela , J McCluskey , D Davey , P Fajardo-Campos , P Petrovic , J Fedacko , W Zmuda , Y Lukyanov , SJ Nicholls , CLEAR Outcomes Investigators Nicholls

Brief summary: In this double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial, bempedoic acid (Nexletol) reduced the incidence of a composite cardiovascular.Comment: Bempedoic acid is an ATP citrate lyase inhibitor. ATP citrate lyase catalyses the conversion of citrate to acetyl-CoA, the fundamental substrate required for the synthesis of cholesterol and fatty acids. By inhibiting the cholesterol synthesis pathway, bempedoic acid reduces intra-hepatic LDL-C....