Infection-induced coronary dysfunction and systemic inflammation in piglets are dampened in hypercholesterolemic milieu

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 300, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Birck, Malene M ^a   Pesonen, Erkki ^b   Odermarsky, Michal ^b   Hansen, Axel K ^a   Persson, Kenneth ^b   Frikke Schmidt, Henriette ^a   Heegaard, Peter M H ^c   Liuba, Petru ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Chlamydia pneumoniae; Coronary vasomotor function; Pig

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADENOSINE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HEART FAILURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IN VIVO STUDY; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS; INJURY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGEN LOAD; PIGLET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STANDARD; VASOCONSTRICTION;

ANIMALS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; INFLAMMATION; MALE; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE; VASODILATOR AGENTS; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 79955774759     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.01253.2010     Document Type: Article

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