Atherosclerosis in the apolipoprotein E-deficient mouse: A decade of progress

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1006-1014

  Meir, Karen S ^a   Leitersdorf, Eran ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein E; Atherosclerosis; Knockout; Mouse model

Indexed keywords

2,4 THIAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVE; 3 [N (2,2,5,5 TETRAMETHYL 1,3 DIOXANE 4 CARBONYL)AMINO]PROPIONIC ACID 2 (3 NEOPENTYL 3 NONYLUREIDO)CYCLOHEXYL ESTER; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANGIOSTATIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CAPTOPRIL; CELECOXIB; ENALAPRIL; ENDOSTATIN; ESTRADIOL; EZETIMIBE; FUMAGILLOL CHLOROACETYLCARBAMATE; HOMOCYSTEINE; INSULIN; LOSARTAN; METHIONINE; OLEIC ACID; PALM OIL; ROSIGLITAZONE; SULINDAC; SUNFLOWER OIL; TROGLITAZONE; ZOFENOPRIL;

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CLINICAL GENETICS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SCREENING; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIPID METABOLISM; MEDLINE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POMEGRANATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED WINE; REVIEW; SHORT SURVEY; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BRAIN; CHOLESTEROL; DIETARY FATS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; FOAM CELLS; HYPERLIPOPROTEINEMIA TYPE II; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MONOCYTES; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; RECEPTORS, SCAVENGER;

EID: 2942520978     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000128849.12617.f4     Document Type: Short Survey

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