Effects of a combined bioactive supplementation over HDL function in statin treated patients

• Grant number: 15/18859-3
• Support type: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): May 20, 2016
• Effective date (End): May 19, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Nutrition - Nutrition Biochemistry
• Principal researcher: Inar Castro Erger
• Grantee: Bianca Scolaro
• Supervisor abroad: Edward A. Fisher
• Home Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas (FCF). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Research place: New York University, United States
• Associated to the scholarship: 14/04247-3 - Combined bioactive approach over atherosclerosis risk biomarkers, BP.DR

Abstract

Atherosclerosis is a complex and multifactorial disease that consists in a chronicinflammation of the artery wall. Lowering LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) is the primary clinicalapproach to prevent cardiovascular events, which is often achieved by statin treatment.However, even patients treated with statins have a considerable residual burden ofcardiovascular risk. Increasing attention has focused on HDL-C raising as acardioprotective measure, although it has become clear that HDL parameters in serumdo not always reflect HDL function. Once HDL loss of function is attributed to oxidativemodification of HDL particle components and to lipid composition and properties, theobjective of the present proposal is to evaluate whether a combined bioactivesupplementation of omega-3 fatty acids, phytosterols and polyphenols from green teawould impact HDL functionality in statin-treated patients.

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

SCOLARO, BIANCA; NOGUEIRA, MARINA S.; PAIVA, ALINE; BERTOLAMI, ADRIANA; BARROSO, LUCIA P.; VAISAR, TOMAS; HEFFRON, SEAN P.; FISHER, EDWARD A.; CASTRO, INAR A. Statin dose reduction with complementary diet therapy: A pilot study of personalized medicine. MOLECULAR METABOLISM, v. 11, p. 137-144, MAY 2018. Web of Science Citations: 2.