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Obesity is the major determinant of elevated C-reactive protein in subjects with the metabolic syndrome by ARONSON, D, BARTHA, P, ZINDER, O, KERNER, A, MARKIEWICZ, W, AVIZOHAR, O, BROOK, G. J, LEVY, Y

“…To investigate the relationship between C-reactive protein (CRP) and various characteristics of the metabolic syndrome. Population-based cross-sectional study…”
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Association between fasting glucose and C-reactive protein in middle-aged subjects by Aronson, D., Bartha, P., Zinder, O., Kerner, A., Shitman, E., Markiewicz, W., Brook, G. J., Levy, Y.

“…Aims  C‐reactive protein (CRP), a marker of subclinical inflammation, predicts the occurrence of coronary heart disease in healthy subjects. Hyperglycaemia is…”
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Pravastatin inhibits cellular cholesterol synthesis and increases low density lipoprotein receptor activity in macrophages: in vitro and in vivo studies by Keidar, S, Aviram, M, Maor, I, Oiknine, J, Brook, JG

“…1. Pravastatin, a 3‐hydroxy‐3‐methylglutaryl coenzyme‐A (HMG‐CoA) inhibitor, is a highly selective inhibitor of hepatic cholesterol synthesis. We studied the…”
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Association Between Elevated Liver Enzymes and C-Reactive Protein: Possible Hepatic Contribution to Systemic Inflammation in the Metabolic Syndrome by Kerner, Arthur, Avizohar, Ophir, Sella, Ron, Bartha, Peter, Zinder, Oren, Markiewicz, Walter, Levy, Yishai, Brook, Gerald J, Aronson, Doron

“…OBJECTIVE—The objective of this study was to test whether the frequent association between liver enzyme elevations and various components of the metabolic…”
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Low density lipoprotein isolated from patients with essential hypertension exhibits increased propensity for oxidation and enhanced uptake by macrophages: a possible role for angiotensin II by Keidar, S, Kaplan, M, Shapira, C, Brook, J G, Aviram, M

“…In patients with essential hypertension, the increased risk for atherosclerosis is related not only to the blood pressure levels per se, but also to other,…”
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Lovastatin decreases plasma and platelet cholesterol levels and normalizes elevated platelet fluidity and aggregation in hypercholesterolemic patients by Hochgraf, E, Levy, Y, Aviram, M, Brook, J G, Cogan, U

“…The lipid composition of whole platelets and the fluidity of platelet membranes, as well as the sensitivity of the cell to aggregation, were studied in type…”
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The D allele of the angiotensin-converting enzyme gene contributes towards blood LDL-cholesterol levels and the presence of hypertension by Oren, Ilana, Brook, J.Gerald, Gershoni-Baruch, Ruth, Kepten, Ilana, Tamir, Ada, Linn, Shai, Wolfovitz, Efrat

“…Coronary artery disease is a polygenic disease whose phenotypic manifestation depends on the interaction of the genetic background with a number of…”
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Activated platelets secrete a protein-like factor that stimulates oxidized-LDL receptor activity in macrophages by Fuhrman, B, Brook, GJ, Aviram, M

“…Platelet secretory products were shown to modulate the interaction between lipoproteins and their receptors on macrophages. Preincubation of macrophages for 2…”
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Reduction of plasma cholesterol by lovastatin normalizes erythrocyte membrane fluidity in patients with severe hypercholesterolaemia by LEVY, Y, LEIBOWITZ, R, AVIRAM, M, BROOK, J. G, COGAN, U

“…The effect of lovastatin on erythrocyte membrane composition and fluidity was investigated in eight patients with severe hypercholesterolaemia (mean…”
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Rhabdomyolysis complicating acute Epstein-Barr virus infection by OSAMAH, H, FINKELSTEIN, R, BROOK, J. G

“…Infection with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is common and induces a broad spectrum of illness. In the majority of cases the disease manifests with typical signs of…”
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Platelet activation by plasma lipoproteins by Aviram, M, Brook, J G

“…Enhanced platelet activity in patients with hypercholesterolemia and moderate hypertriglyceridemia can be attributed to increased LDL and VLDL and/or decreased…”
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Reduced uptake of cholesterol esterase-modified low density lipoprotein by macrophages by AVIRAM, M, KEIDAR, S, ROSENBLAT, M, BROOK, G. J

“…Changes in low density lipoprotein (LDL) lipid composition were shown to alter its interaction with the LDL receptor, thus affecting its cellular uptake. Upon…”
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Serum total cholesterol: HDL cholesterol ratios in US white and black adults by selected demographic and socioeconomic variables (HANES II) by Linn, S. (National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, MD), Fulwood, R, Carroll, M, Brook, J.G, Johnson, C, Kalsbeek, W.D, Rifkind, B.M

“…Background. Framingham Study findings suggest that total cholesterol (TC):High density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) ratio is a useful summary of the joint…”
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Abdominal retroperitoneal lymphadenopathy in an elderly man by Hayek, T., Engel, A., Eyal, A., Brook, J. G.

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Pulmonary infiltrates and skin lesions by Avivi, I., Vulfsons, S., Finkelstein, R., Hayek, T., Brook, J. G.

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Transient radiological and colonoscopic features of inflammatory bowel disease in a patient with severe Salmonella gastroenteritis by Dagash, M, Hayek, T, Gallimidi, Z, Yassin, K, Brook, J G

“…Salmonella is the most commonly reported cause of food-borne outbreaks of gastroenteritis. We report a case of a severe and toxic form of enteritis caused by…”
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Cholesterol and coronary heart disease prevention--a transatlantic consensus by Brook, J G, Rifkind, B M

“…Recent research findings have enhanced interest in coronary heart disease prevention. Three expert panels, one in the United States and two in Europe, have…”
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Plasma lipoproteins and monocyte‐macrophages in a peroxisome‐deficient system: Study of a patient with infantile refsum disease by Mandel, H., Berant, M., Meiron, D., Aizin, A., Oiknine, J., Brook, J. G., Aviram, M.

“…Summary Hypocholesterolaemia in infantile Refsum disease (IRD) may link peroxisomes and lipoprotein metabolism. In our patient, plasma cholesterol levels were…”
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Sudden deafness in a patient with temporal arteritis by Wolfovitz, E, Levy, Y, Brook, J G

“…A patient with anemia and elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate presented with sudden hearing loss. The diagnosis of temporal arteritis was verified by…”
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Intralipid infusion in patients with familial hypercholesterolemia. Effect of serum and plasma lipoproteins on platelet aggregation and on macrophage cholesterol metabolism by Hayek, T, Fuhrman, B, Levy, Y, Aviram, M, Brook, J G

“…Intralipid infusion into normal volunteers was recently shown to possess anti-atherogenic properties. We studied the effect of intralipid infusion in patients…”
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