“…Until the present, about 97 mutations have been found in the ABCA1 gene, and a large number of them are linked with Tangier disease (TD), which is described as the accretion of cholesterol in reticuloendothelial cells that increases the risk of coronary heart disease [ 17 , 18 , 19 ]. In addition to Tangier disease [ 20 , 21 ], variations and alterations in the ABCA1 gene enhance the risk of allelic disorders, such as atherosclerosis [ 22 , 23 ], ischemic stroke [ 23 , 24 ], coronary heart disease [ 25 ], type II diabetes [ 26 , 27 , 28 ], myocardial infarction (MI) [ 6 ], familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) [ 29 ], cancer [ 30 , 31 , 32 ], Alzheimer’s disease [ 33 ], and macular degeneration [ 34 ]. Mutations in the ABCA1 gene also increase the incidence of systemic and plaque inflammation [ 35 ].…”