Rabbit models for the study of human atherosclerosis: From pathophysiological mechanisms to translational medicine

Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 146, Issue , 2015, Pages 104-119

  Fan, Jianglin ^a   Kitajima, Shuji ^b   Watanabe, Teruo ^b   Xu, Jie ^c   Zhang, Jifeng ^c   Liu, Enqi ^d   Chen, Y Eugene ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d MEDICAL SCHOOL OF XI AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Experimental animal models; Hypercholesterolemia; Transgenic rabbits; Translational medicine

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL DIET; DISEASE MODEL; FAMILIAL HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; KNOCK OUT RABBIT; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT MODEL; TRANSGENIC RABBIT; WATANABE HERITABLE HYPERLIPIDEMIC RABBIT; ANIMAL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; RABBIT; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; RABBITS; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84921319370     PISSN: 01637258     EISSN: 1879016X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2014.09.009     Document Type: Review

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