Atherosclerosis in Octodon degus (degu) as a model for human disease

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 48-54

  Homan, Reynold ^a   Hanselman, Jeffrey C ^b   Bak Mueller, Sandra ^c   Washburn, Michelle ^d   Lester, Patrick ^e   Jensen, Heather E ^c   Pinkosky, Stephen L ^b   Castle, Christine ^f   Taylor, Bruce ^a  

^a AlphaCore Pharma   (United States)

^b Esperion Therapeutics Inc   (United States)

^c PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d University of Michigan ^*

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f PGRD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cholesterol; Degu; Hyperglycemia; Lipoprotein; Preclinical model

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL ESTER TRANSFER PROTEIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PALM OIL; PHOSPHOLIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEEDING; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FOAM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OCTODON; OCTODON DEGUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; AORTA; AORTIC DISEASES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; CHOLESTEROL ESTER TRANSFER PROTEINS; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CHOLESTEROL, VLDL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE; OCTODON; PLANT OILS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77956229820     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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