Interleukin-6 exacerbates early atherosclerosis in mice

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2364-2367

  Huber, Sally Ann ^a   Sakkinen, P ^a   Conze, D ^b   Hardin, N ^a   Tracy, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Inflammation; Interleukin 6

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CHOLESTEROL; FIBRINOGEN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROGENIC DIET; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIPOPROTEIN DEFICIENCY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032856199     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.19.10.2364     Document Type: Article

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