CHOlesterol Lowering and Residual Risk in Type 2 Diabetes

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As part of this SFRN investigating REPAIR (non-progression of clinical events or regression of atherosclerosis) in T2D, this project will reveal mechanisms behind the platelet mediated increased cardiovascular risk in patients with T2D by focusing on the platelet transcriptome in those with clinical...

As part of this SFRN investigating REPAIR (non-progression of clinical events or regression of atherosclerosis) in T2D, this project will reveal mechanisms behind the platelet mediated increased cardiovascular risk in patients with T2D by focusing on the platelet transcriptome in those with clinical progression and subsequent cardiovascular events versus those without clinical progression. A prospective clinical study will investigate platelet activity and transcriptome before and after significant cholesterol reduction to better understand mechanisms of increased residual risk observed in patients with T2D, even when cholesterol is not elevated. By combining prospective studies on the platelet phenotype in humans with T2D, mechanistic mouse models of diabetes-accelerated atherosclerosis in the Fisher, Basic Project, and the human plaque and genomic data available data from the Giannarelli, Population Project, the investigators believe the research will fill an important and clinically significant gap in the understanding of how diabetes attenuates cardiovascular repair and to identify new treatment and prevention strategies.

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