Genetic analysis of atherosclerosis and glucose homeostasis in an intercross between C57BL/6 and BALB/cJ apolipoprotein E-deficient mice

Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 190-201

  Zhang, Zhimin ^a   Rowlan, Jessica S ^a   Wang, Qian ^a   Shi, Weibin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Hyperglycemia; Quantitative trait locus; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; GLUCOSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AORTA ROOT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BODY WEIGHT; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEREDITY; HOMEOSTASIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

ANIMALS; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GLUCOSE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INBREEDING; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PHENOTYPE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

MUS;

EID: 84860826893     PISSN: 1942325X     EISSN: 19423268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.111.961649     Document Type: Article

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