Recent reports suggest that molecular therapies targeting ANGPTL3 and its encoded protein angiopoietin-like protein 3 have clinical potential comparable to therapies targeting PCSK9 and its encoded protein proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9. By mainly affecting triglyceride-rich lipoproteins, ANGPTL3 inhibition might prove complementary to LDL cholesterol lowering with PCSK9 blockade.
- Kiran Musunuru
- Sekar Kathiresan