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January 2020

Role of HDL-C in cerebral Small Vessel Disease

Using Mendelian Randomization ISD investigators showed that genetic predisposition to higher HDL-C, specifically to cholesterol in medium-sized HDL, is associated with small vessel stroke and white matter injury. Their analyses indicate that HDL-C-raising strategies could be considered for the prevention of ischemic small vessel disease but the net benefit of such an approach needs to be tested in a randomized controlled trial...

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DichgansLab – Translational Research

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DueringLab – Vascular Cognitive Impairment

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Coming Soon:

CSD Noon Seminar:

Julien Klimmt: „A human iPSC-derived brain tissue model of Alzheimer’s disease“

Marius Schneider: „Molecular Characterization of the Long non-coding RNA NF1“

Time: Tuesday, January 28, 2020, 12:30 -13:30

Place: Institute for Stroke and Dementia Research (ISD), 
Feodor-Lynen-Straße 17, Munich, Large Seminar room 8G U1 155