Branched-chain amino acids and atherosclerosis: friends or foes?

Curr Opin Lipidol. 2018 Apr;29(2):166-169. doi: 10.1097/MOL.0000000000000494.

Authors

Claudia Grajeda-Iglesias¹, Oren Rom², Michael Aviram¹

Affiliations

¹ Lipid Research Laboratory, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel, Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
² Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Center, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.

PMID: 29517610
DOI: 10.1097/MOL.0000000000000494

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Amino Acids, Branched-Chain / metabolism*
Atherosclerosis / metabolism*
Humans
Macrophages / metabolism
Risk Factors

Substances

Amino Acids, Branched-Chain