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Tomato therapy: Engineered veggies target intestinal lipids, improve cholesterol

By Guest PostNovember 19, 2013Health6f, alan fogelman, bad cholesterol, bruin pharma inc, engineered veggies, genetically engineered tomato, good cholesterol, hdl, improve cholesterol, inflammation, intestinal lipids, judith gasson, ldl, leducq foundation, lpas, scott bauer, small intestine, small peptide, systemic inflammation, tomato therapy, treatment, ucla researcher, unsaturated lysophosphatidic acids

UCLA researchers report that tiny amounts of a specific type of lipid in the small intestine may play a greater role than previously thought in generating the high cholesterol levels and inflammation that lead to clogged arteries.

The team also found they could reduce the negative effects of these lipids in mice by feeding the animals a new genetically engineered tomato being developed at UCLA that is designed to mimic HDL (“good”) cholesterol. (more…)

How Good Cholesterol Turns Bad

By Guest PostFebruary 23, 2012Healthcholesterol concentrations, cholesterol levels, cholesterol transfer, good cholesterol, heart disease, movement of cholesterol, risk factors

Berkeley Lab Researchers Find New Evidence on How Cholesterol Gets Moved from HDLs to LDLs

Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have found new evidence to explain how cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) mediates the transfer of cholesterol from “good” high density lipoproteins (HDLs) to “bad” low density lipoproteins (LDLs). These findings point the way to the design of safer, more effective next generation CETP inhibitors that could help prevent the development of heart disease. (more…)