It has been discovered that certain selected ethers of probucol, and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts or prodrugs, are useful for increasing circulating HDL cholesterol. These compounds may also improve HDL functionality by (a) increasing clearance of cholesteryl esters, (b) increasing HDL-particle affinity for hepatic cell surface receptors or (c) increasing the half life of apoAI-HDL.
已发现,普布考尔的某些选择性
醚类化合物及其药用盐或前药对增加循环高密度脂蛋白
胆固醇具有益处。这些化合物还可以通过以下方式改善高密度脂蛋白的功能:(a)增加
胆固醇酯的清除,(b)增加高密度脂蛋白颗粒对肝细胞表面受体的亲和力,或者(c)增加apoAI-HDL的半衰期。