Chlamydia pneumoniae infection does not induce or modify atherosclerosis in mice

Circulation

Volumn 103, Issue 23, 2001, Pages 2834-2838

  Caligiuri, Giuseppina ^a,d   Rottenberg, Martin ^b   Nicoletti, Antonino ^c   Wigzell, Hans ^b   Hansson, Göran K ^a,e  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d NONE

^e KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Hypercholesterolemia; Infection

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LUNG INFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0035849579     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.103.23.2834     Document Type: Article

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