Hypercholesterolemia enhances tolerance to lethal systemic hypoxia in middle-aged mice: Possible role of VEGF downregulation in brain

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 291, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 205-211

  Xi, Lei ^a   Ghosh, Shobha ^a   Wang, Xiaoyin ^a   Das, Anindita ^a   Anderson, Frank P ^a   Kukreja, Rakesh C ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Heme oxygenase; Hypercholesterolemia; Hypoxia tolerance; LDL receptor knockout mice; VEGF

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HEME OXYGENASE 1; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAIN; BRAIN TISSUE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EXPOSURE; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPOXIA; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SURVIVAL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHOLESTEROL; DOWN-REGULATION; HEME OXYGENASE-1; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, LDL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33750928264     PISSN: 03008177     EISSN: 15734919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11010-006-9194-7     Document Type: Article

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