Temporal and quantitative analysis of atherosclerotic lesions in diet-induced hypercholesterolemic rabbits

Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Yu, Qi ^a   Li, Yafeng ^a   Waqar, Ahmed Bilal ^b   Wang, Yanli ^a   Huang, Bingqiao ^a   Chen, Yulong ^a   Zhao, Sihai ^a   Yang, Peigang ^a   Fan, Jianglin ^b   Liu, Enqi ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; LIPID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CELL COMPONENT; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RABBIT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; AORTA; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BLOOD; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CYTOLOGY; LIPID DIET; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AORTA; AREA UNDER CURVE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; DIET, HIGH-FAT; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPIDS; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RABBITS;

EID: 84859702823     PISSN: 11107243     EISSN: 11107251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/506159     Document Type: Article

References (28)

1. Libby P., Aikawa M., Stabilization of atherosclerotic plaques: new mechanisms and clinical targets Nature Medicine 2002 8 11 1257 1262 (Pubitemid 35373557)
2. Ross R., Atherosclerosisan inflammatory disease New England Journal of Medicine 1999 340 2 115 126
3. Steinberg D., Hypercholesterolemia and inflammation in atherogenesis: two sides of the same coin Molecular Nutrition and Food Research 2005 49 11 995 998 (Pubitemid 41735560)
4. Libby P., Changing concepts of atherogenesis Journal of Internal Medicine 2000 247 3 349 358 (Pubitemid 30180037)
5. Bennett M. R., Apoptosis of vascular smooth muscle cells in vascular remodelling and atherosclerotic plaque rupture Cardiovascular Research 1999 41 2 361 368 (Pubitemid 29087332)
6. Boyle J. J., Bowyer D. E., Weissberg P. L., Bennett M. R., Human blood-derived macrophages induce apoptosis in human plaque-derived vascular smooth muscle cells by Fas-ligand/Fas interactions Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology 2001 21 9 1402 1407 (Pubitemid 34219799)
7. Fernandez-Ortiz A., Badimon J. J., Falk E., Fuster V., Meyer B., Mailhac A., Weng D., Shah P. K., Badimon L., Characterization of the relative thrombogenicity of atherosclerotic plaque components: implications for consequences of plaque rupture Journal of the American College of Cardiology 1994 23 7 1562 1569 (Pubitemid 24182120)
8. Libby P., Geng Y. J., Aikawa M., Schoenbeck U., Mach F., Clinton S. K., Sukhova G. K., Lee R. T., Macrophages and atherosclerotic plaque stability Current Opinion in Lipidology 1996 7 5 330 335 (Pubitemid 26372454)
9. Lutgens E., De Muinck E. D., Kitslaar P. J. E. H. M., Tordoir J. H. M., Wellens H. J. J., Daemen M. J. A. P., Biphasic pattern of cell turnover characterizes the progression from fatty streaks to ruptured human atherosclerotic plaques Cardiovascular Research 1999 41 2 473 479 (Pubitemid 29087344)
10. Waqar A. B., Koike T., Yu Y., Inoue T., Aoki T., Liu E., Fan J., High-fat diet without excess calories induces metabolic disorders and enhances atherosclerosis in rabbits Atherosclerosis 2010 213 1 148 155
11. Liu E., Kitajima S., Higaki Y., Morimoto M., Sun H., Watanabe T., Yamada N., Fan J., High lipoprotein lipase activity increases insulin sensitivity in transgenic rabbits Metabolism 2005 54 1 132 138 (Pubitemid 39572468)
12. Koike T., Kitajima S., Yu Y., Nishijima K., Zhang J., Ozaki Y., Morimoto M., Watanabe T., Bhakdi S., Asada Y., Chen Y. E., Fan J., Human C-reactive protein does not promote atherosclerosis in transgenic rabbits Circulation 2009 120 21 2088 2094
13. Zhang C., Zheng H., Yu Q., Yang P., Li Y., Cheng F., Fan J., Liu E., A practical method for quantifying atherosclerotic lesions in rabbits Journal of Comparative Pathology 2010 142 2-3 122 128
14. Zhao S., Zhang C., Lin Y., Yang P., Yu Q., Chu Y., Yang P., Fan J., Liu E., The effects of rosiglitazone on aortic atherosclerosis of cholesterol-fed rabbits Thrombosis Research 2008 123 2 281 287
15. Tokunaga O., Fan J., Watanabe T., Atherosclerosis- and age-related multinucleated variant endothelial cells in primary culture from human aorta American Journal of Pathology 1989 135 6 967 976 (Pubitemid 20026517)
16. Cullen P., Baetta R., Bellosta S., Bernini F., Chinetti G., Cignarella A., Von Eckardstein A., Exley A., Goddard M., Hofker M., Hurt-Camejo E., Kanters E., Kovanen P., Lorkowski S., McPheat W., Pentikinen M., Rauterberg J., Ritchie A., Staels B., Weitkamp B., De Winther M., Rupture of the atherosclerotic plaque: does a good animal model exist? Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology 2003 23 4 535 542 (Pubitemid 36438064)
17. Groot P. H. E., Van Vlijmen B. J. M., Benson G. M., Hofker M. H., Schiffelers R., Vidgeon-Hart M., Havekes L. M., Quantitative assessment of aortic atherosclerosis in APOE3 leiden transgenic mice and its relationship to serum cholesterol exposure Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology 1996 16 8 926 933 (Pubitemid 26266889)
18. Stary H. C., Blankenhorn D. H., Chandler A. B., Glagov S., Insull W., Richardson M., Rosenfeld M. E., Schaffer S. A., Schwartz C. J., Wagner W. D., Wissler R. W., A definition of the intima of human arteries and of its atherosclerosis-prone regions: a report from the Committee on Vascular Lesions of the Council on Arteriosclerosis, American Heart Association Circulation 1992 85 1 391 405
19. Libby P., Ridker P. M., Inflammation and atherosclerosis: role of C-reactive protein in risk assessment American Journal of Medicine 2004 116 6 9 16 (Pubitemid 38402010)
20. Kleemann R., Verschuren L., Van Erk M. J., Nikolsky Y., Cnubben N. H. P., Verheij E. R., Smilde A. K., Hendriks H. F. J., Zadelaar S., Smith G. J., Kaznacheev V., Nikolskaya T., Melnikov A., Hurt-Camejo E., Van der Greef J., Van Ommen B., Kooistra T., Atherosclerosis and liver inflammation induced by increased dietary cholesterol intake: a combined transcriptomics and metabolomics analysis Genome Biology 2007 8 9, article R200
21. Bobryshev Y. V., Monocyte recruitment and foam cell formation in atherosclerosis Micron 2006 37 3 208 222 (Pubitemid 43106595)
22. Schwartz S. M., DeBlois D., O'Brien E. R. M., The intima: soil for atherosclerosis and restenosis Circulation Research 1995 77 3 445 465
23. Stary H. C., Chandler A. B., Glagov S., Guyton J. R., Insull W., Rosenfeld M. E., Schaffer S. A., Schwartz C. J., Wagner W. D., Wissler R. W., A definition of initial, fatty streak, and intermediate lesions of atherosclerosis: a report from the committee on vascular lesions of the council on arteriosclerosis, American Heart Association Circulation 1994 89 5 2462 2478 (Pubitemid 24142837)
24. Stary H. C., Chandler A. B., Dinsmore R. E., Fuster V., Glagov S., Insull W., Rosenfeld M. E., Schwartz C. J., Wagner W. D., Wissler R. W., A definition of advanced types of atherosclerotic lesions and a histological classification of atherosclerosis: a report from the Committee on Vascular Lesions of the council on arteriosclerosis, American heart association Circulation 1995 92 5 1355 1374
25. DeVries-Seimon T., Li Y., Pin M. Y., Stone E., Wang Y., Davis R. J., Flavell R., Tabas I., Cholesterol-induced macrophage apoptosis requires ER stress pathways and engagement of the type A scavenger receptor Journal of Cell Biology 2005 171 1 61 73 (Pubitemid 41434602)
26. Lafont A., Libby P., The smooth muscle cell: sinner or saint in restenosis and the acute coronary syndromes? Journal of the American College of Cardiology 1998 32 1 283 285 (Pubitemid 28351074)
27. Shiomi M., Ito T., Hirouchi Y., Enomoto M., Fibromuscular cap composition is important for the stability of established atherosclerotic plaques in mature WHHL rabbits treated with statins Atherosclerosis 2001 157 1 75 84 (Pubitemid 32539356)
28. Lusis A. J., Atherosclerosis Nature 2000 407 6801 233 241