Regression of arteriosclerotic lesions induced by immunization with heat shock protein 65-containing material in normocholesterolemic, but not hypercholesterolemic, rabbits

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 123, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 145-155

  Xu, Qingbo ^a   Kleindienst, Roman ^a,b   Schett, Georg ^a,b   Waitz, Werner ^b   Jindal, Satish ^c   Gupta, Radhey S ^d   Dietrich, Hermann ^b   Wick, Georg ^a,b  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c PERKINELMER INC   (United States)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal model of atherosclerosis; Cholesterol; Heat shock proteins; Immunology; Rabbits; Regression

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; FREUND ADJUVANT; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENIC DIET; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; AORTA; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHAPERONINS; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; DIET, ATHEROGENIC; FOAM CELLS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INFLAMMATION; LIPIDS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; RABBITS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029886232     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9150(96)05800-5     Document Type: Article

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