Pleiotropic Effects of ARB on Dyslipidemia

Title: Pleiotropic Effects of ARB on Dyslipidemia

Volume: 9 Issue: 2

Author(s): Isao Taguchi, Teruo Inoue, Migaku Kikuchi, Shigeru Toyoda, Takuo Arikawa, Shichiro Abe and Koichi Node

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Keywords: ARB, dyslipidemia, lipid metabolism, PPAR-γ

Abstract: Angiotensin II type 1 (AT1) receptor blockers (ARBs), widely used in the treatment of hypertension, have cardiovascular, cerebral, and renal protective effects beyond blood pressure control. In addition to direct end-organ protection, some ARBs have been suggested to improve abnormalities of glucose and lipid metabolisms, resulting in an antiatherosclerotic effect in patients with hypertension. In several clinical trials, the effects of ARBs on lipid metabolism have been emerged, although the effects are heterogeneous. Certain subgroups of ARBs such as telmisartan have been identified as partial agonists for the peroxisome proliferators activated receptor (PPAR)-γ, and thus, this class of ARBs has been mostly focused on their effects on lipid metabolism. Based on the pleiotropic effects on lipid metabolism, we can envision that ARBs would provide the promising outcome for hypertensive patients aggregating metabolic risk factors, including dyslipidemia.

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Taguchi Isao, Inoue Teruo, Kikuchi Migaku, Toyoda Shigeru, Arikawa Takuo, Abe Shichiro and Node Koichi, Pleiotropic Effects of ARB on Dyslipidemia, Current Vascular Pharmacology 2011; 9 (2) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157016111794519336