OLR1 and Other metabolic disease: As a lectin-like scavenger receptor, oxidized low-density lipoprotein receptor 1 (OLR1, a gene that encodes for the lectin-like oxidized low-density lipoprotein receptor-1 [LOX-1] protein) recognizes various ligands, including oxidized low-density lipoprotein and has been documented to be involved in cardiovascular and metabolic diseases [7].