Combination of Periaortic Elastase Incubation and Cholesterol-Rich Diet: A Novel Model of Atherosclerosis in Rabbit Abdominal Aorta

Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 611-614

  Bi, Yonghua ^a,b,c   Zhong, Hongshan ^a,b   Xu, Ke ^a,b   Qi, Xun ^a,b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Key Laboratory of Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology of Liaoning Province   (China)

^c THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Animal model; Atherosclerosis; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

PANCREATIC ELASTASE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; DISEASE MODEL; ENZYMOLOGY; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL, DIETARY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; RABBITS;

EID: 84896045699     PISSN: 10859195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12013-013-9753-y     Document Type: Article

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