Nine SNPs such as rs3764261 of CETP, rs12328675 of COBLL1, rs3136441 of F2, rs386000 of LILRA3, rs217406 of NPC1L1, rs6065906 of PLTP, rs16942887 of PSKH1, and rs11220463 of ST3GAL4 are associated changes in gene expression in arteries and/or aorta, thereby demonstrating their putative pathogenetic involvement in atherosclerosis. This evidence concerns the gene NPC1L1 and atherosclerosis.