[The inhibition of CETP can lead to substantial elevations in HDL-C. Based on a number of considerations, including the complex relationship between loss of function mutations in CETP and risk for CAD and the clinical experience with torcetrapib, it is difficult to predict if CETP inhibition will be associated with reductions in rates of atherosclerosis disease progression and risk for cardiovascular events.]. Sentence from MEDLINE/PubMed, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Gene-disease associations inferred from text-mining the literature.
DisGeNET evidence - LITERATURE