Increased atherosclerosis in LDL receptor-null mice lacking ACAT1 in macrophages

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 163-171

  Fazio, Sergio ^a   Major, Amy S ^a   Swift, Larry L ^a   Gleaves, Linda A ^a   Accad, Michel ^b   Linton, MacRae F ^a,c   Farese Jr , Robert V ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL ACYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; FOAM CELL; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0035139793     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI10310     Document Type: Article

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