Ceramide Remodeling and Risk of Cardiovascular Events and Mortality

• Published in: Journal of the American Heart Association Vol. 7; no. 10
• Main Authors: Peterson, Linda R., Xanthakis, Vanessa, Duncan, Meredith S., Gross, Stefan, Friedrich, Nele, Völzke, Henry, Felix, Stephan B., Jiang, Hui, Sidhu, Rohini, Nauck, Matthias, Jiang, Xuntian, Ory, Daniel S., Dörr, Marcus, Vasan, Ramachandran S., Schaffer, Jean E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England John Wiley and Sons Inc 15.05.2018; Wiley
• Subjects: cardiovascular disease risk factors; ceramides; mortality; Original Research; mortality; ceramides; cardiovascular disease risk factors

Background Recent studies suggest that circulating concentrations of specific ceramide species may be associated with coronary risk and mortality. We sought to determine the relations between the most abundant plasma ceramide species of differing acyl chain lengths and the risk of coronary heart dis...