Low-carbohydrate diets reduce lipid accumulation and arterial inflammation in guinea pigs fed a high-cholesterol diet

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 442-448

  Leite, Jose O ^a   DeOgburn, Ryan ^a   Ratliff, Joseph ^a   Su, Randy ^a   Smyth, Joan A ^a   Volek, Jeff S ^a   McGrane, Mary M ^a   Dardik, Alan ^b   Fernandez, Maria Luz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cytokines; Dietary cholesterol; Guinea pig; Low carbohydrate diet

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CYTOKINE; FAT; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA SINUS; ARTERITIS; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID STORAGE; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; MACRONUTRIENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SECTION;

ANIMALS; AORTA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; CYTOKINES; DIET, CARBOHYDRATE-RESTRICTED; DIET, FAT-RESTRICTED; GUINEA PIGS; LIPIDS; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; MALE;

EID: 77950022412     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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