Mapping, genetic isolation, and characterization of genetic loci that determine resistance to atherosclerosis in C3H mice

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2671-2676

  Wang, Susanna S ^a   Shi, Weibin ^b,c   Wang, Xuping ^a,b   Velky, Leandra ^a   Greenlee, Sarah ^a   Wang, Min T ^a   Drake, Thomas A ^a   Lusis, Aldons J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; C3H HeJ; Quantitative trait locus

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A2; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LIPID; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATH29; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; C3H MOUSE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CELL FUNCTION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 4; CHROMOSOME 9; CHROMOSOME IDENTIFICATION; CONGENIC STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FEMALE; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEREDITY; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INHERITANCE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NULL CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CROSSES, GENETIC; DIETARY FATS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; LIPIDS; MICE; MICE, CONGENIC; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RISK FACTORS; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

EID: 36348998626     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.107.148106     Document Type: Article

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