| abstract |
A method for introducing a scavenger receptor gene into a mammal to make said mammal resistant to atherosclerosis; an artificial scavenger receptor minigene or partial minigene as well as the ectopic expression of a scavenger receptor in the liver of a mammal for the reduction of apo B containing lipoproteins, elevation of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and prevention of atherosclerosis; and a method of treating atherosclerosis, hyperbetalipoproteinemia (i.e., high-levels of apolipoprotein (apo) B containing lipoproteins), hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia; hypoalphalipoproteinemia (i.e., low levels of high-density lipoprotein), vascular complications of diabetes, transplant, atherectomy, and angioplastic restenosis in a patient with a therapeutically effective amount of a scavenger receptor gene alone or combined with a ACAT inhibitor, a HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor, a bile acid sequenstrant, or lipid regulator, and pharmaceutical delivery methods which include these agents. |