Disease Score gda Association Type Type Original DB Sentence supporting the association PMID PMID Year
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Access to proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitors that lower low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in patients at high risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease events has proven challenging. 30745204 2020
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE This relationship provides a basis for the use of PCSK9 inhibitors in prevention of atherosclerosis and related clinical events. 31746997 2020
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Relationship of PCSK9 levels with indices of vascular function and subclinical atherosclerosis in patients with familial dyslipidemias. 29807195 2020
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE European Society of Cardiology and European Atherosclerosis Society guidelines for the management of dyslipidaemias were used for screening patients eligible for PCSK9 inhibitors. 31732461 2020
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin Type 9 (PCSK9) has revolutionized our understanding of cholesterol homeostasis and added to our arsenal against atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). 31151804 2020
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Amounts of studies show that proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) can increase the low-density lipoprotein cholesterol ((LDL-C), leading to the progression and development of atherosclerosis. 31513960 2019
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE We investigated the role of LPAR4 in experimental atherosclerosis elicited by adeno-associated virus expressing PCSK9 to lower LDL receptor levels. 30796085 2019
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE This review will discuss recent advances by which PCSK9 mediates lipid degradation via the lipophagy pathway and present lipophagy as a potential therapeutic target for atherosclerosis. 31075236 2019
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) lowering drugs that operate through the inhibition of PCSK9 are being pursued for the management of hypercholesterolemia and reducing its associated atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. 30448414 2019
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Mutations in PCSK9 that strengthen its interactions with LDLR result in familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) and early onset atherosclerosis, while nonsense mutations of PCSK9 result in cardio-protective hypocholesterolemia. 31805108 2019
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE The current scope of PCSK9 inhibitor therapy in preventive cardiology is limited to patients with familial hypercholesterolemia and/or established atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. 31246589 2019
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin type 9 (PCSK9) is a promising target for treating dyslipidemia and atherosclerosis. 31085239 2019
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Heterozygous Ldlr-Deficient Hamster as a Model to Evaluate the Efficacy of PCSK9 Antibody in Hyperlipidemia and Atherosclerosis. 31779098 2019
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE In this study, we show that helical flow which is associated with atherosclerosis induces more PCSK9 than linear flow. 31593224 2019
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE The addition of ezetimibe or proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitors (i.e., evolocumab or alirocumab) to statin therapy lowers LDL-C to very low levels (≤ 30-50 mg/dL) with safety under the conditions studied and reduces the risk of recurrent cardiovascular events in patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. 31250329 2019
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE Humans with loss-of-function of PCSK9 exhibit exceedingly low levels of LDL-C and are protected from atherosclerosis. 30629143 2019
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Recent studies have shown the involvement of PCSK9 in the inflammatory pathway of atherosclerosis. 31236571 2019
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE The present study investigated the relationship between serum PCSK9 levels and early atherosclerosis as assessed by carotid intimal-medial thickness (CIMT) and brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (ba-PWV) in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). 31133497 2019
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE However, treatments that target PCSK9 have shown striking early efficacy and promise to improve the lives of countless patients with hyperlipidemia and atherosclerosis. 30767742 2019
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) has been found to play a major role in atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) by promoting hyperlipidemia. 30668438 2019
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.100 GeneticVariation disease BEFREE Wild-type and D374Y-PCSK9 transgenic Yucatan minipigs were fed a high-fat, high-cholesterol diet to induce atherosclerosis and subjected to a clinical FDG-PET and computed tomography scan protocol. 31466620 2019
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Simulation of the Impact of Statin Intolerance on the Need for Ezetimibe and/or Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin Type 9 Inhibitor for Meeting Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Goals in a Population With Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease. 30736965 2019
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Our <i>in vitro</i> and <i>in silico</i> study established that Ginkgolide B alleviated the Ox-LDL-induced inflammatory cascades and altered lipid metabolism in HUVECs by suppressing the PCSK-9 and, thus, could be established as a treasured alternative therapeutic candidate in the atherosclerosis management. 31281844 2019
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.100 AlteredExpression disease BEFREE On the whole, these results demonstrate that quercetin prevents the development of AS in apoE‑/‑ mice by regulating the expression of PCSK9, CD36, PPARγ, LXRα and ABCA1. 31524223 2019
CUI: C0004153
Disease: Atherosclerosis
Atherosclerosis
0.100 Biomarker disease BEFREE Lp(a) was measured in 25 096 patients in the FOURIER trial (Further Cardiovascular Outcomes Research with PCSK9 Inhibition in Subjects with Elevated Risk), a randomized trial of evolocumab versus placebo in patients with established atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (median follow-up, 2.2 years). 30586750 2019