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Workshop track 2 Workshop: Hematopoietic cells and CVD| Volume 287, e12, August 2019

Ldl-Cholesterol Lowering Treatment Changes Hematopoietic Stem Cell Behavior In Familial Hypercholesterolemia Patients

      Background and Aims: Preclinical models show that hypercholesterolemia-primed hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) in the bone marrow (BM) give rise to an increased number of monocytes with a pro-atherogenic phenotype. Whether LDL-cholesterol (LDL-C) primes BM HSPCs in patients is unknown.
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