Induction of atherosclerosis in mice and hamsters without germline genetic engineering

Circulation Research

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1684-1689

  Bjørklund, Martin Mæng ^a   Hollensen, Anne Kruse ^a   Hagensen, Mette Kallestrup ^a   Dagnæs Hansen, Frederik ^a   Christoffersen, Christina ^b   Mikkelsen, Jacob Giehm ^a   Bentzon, Jacob Fog ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

animal; atherosclerosis; models

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; KEXIN; PARVOVIRUS VECTOR; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE SUBTILISIN KEXIN TYPE 9; SUBTILISIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AORTA ROOT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GAIN OF FUNCTION MUTATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GERMLINE GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LIPID DIET; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; MODELS, ANIMAL;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; AORTA; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CRICETINAE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VECTORS; GERM-LINE MUTATION; MESOCRICETUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASES; RECEPTORS, LDL; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES;

EID: 84901449412     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.114.302937     Document Type: Article

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