Genetic susceptibility of the arterial wall is an important determinant of atherosclerosis in C57BL/6 and FVB/N mouse strains

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1814-1820

  Shim, Jeong ^a   Handberg, Aase ^b,c   Östergren, Caroline ^a   Falk, Erling ^a   Bentzon, Jacob F ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Department of Clinical Biochemistry ^*  (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; genetically altered mice

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANIMALS; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID STENOSIS; CHOLESTEROL; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, KNOCKOUT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 80051545273     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: 15244636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.111.229674     Document Type: Article

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