Regional atherosclerotic plaque properties in ApoE-/-mice quantified by atomic force, immunofluorescence, and light microscopy

Journal of Vascular Research

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 495-504

  Hayenga, H N ^a   Trache, A ^a,b   Trzeciakowski, J ^b   Humphrey, J D ^c  

^a Texas A and M University   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein E; Atherosclerosis; Lipid; Material stiffness

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERY DILATATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS;

ANIMALS; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC DISEASES; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELASTICITY; MICE; MICE, 129 STRAIN; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 81155158228     PISSN: 10181172     EISSN: 14230135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000329586     Document Type: Article

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