Moderate alcohol consumption shifts to an atheroprotective phenotype: A glass of wine keeps atherosclerosis in check?

Atherosclerosis. 2016 Nov:254:305-306. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2016.09.065. Epub 2016 Sep 22.

Authors

Gerit-Holger Schernthaner¹, Carsten Herz², Herbert Stangl³

Affiliations

¹ Medical University Vienna, Department of Medicine II, Division of Angiology, Vienna, Austria. Electronic address: gerit.schernthaner@meduniwien.ac.at.
² Medical University Vienna, Department of Medicine II, Division of Angiology, Vienna, Austria; Rudolfstiftung Hospital, Department of Medicine I, Vienna, Austria.
³ Medical University Vienna, Center of Pathobiochemistry and Genetics, Department of Medical Chemistry, Vienna, Austria.

PMID: 27745703
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2016.09.065

No abstract available

Keywords: Alcohol; Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 genotype; Cardiovascular disease; LDL cholesterol.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Alcohol Drinking
Atherosclerosis*
Cholesterol, HDL
Humans
Phenotype
Wine / analysis*

Substances

Cholesterol, HDL