Vascular effects of oxysterols and oxyphytosterols in apoE-/- mice

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 240, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 73-79

  Weingärtner, Oliver ^a,b   Husche, Constanze ^e   Schött, Hans F ^e   Speer, Timo ^b   Böhm, Michael ^b   Miller, Charlotte M ^c   McCarthy, Florence ^c   Plat, Jogchum ^d   Lütjohann, Dieter ^e   Laufs, Ulrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Endothelial function; Oxyphytosterols; Oxysterols; Phytosterols; Sterols

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CHOLEST-5-EN-3 BETA,7 ALPHA-DIOL; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL DERIVATIVE; CYCLODEXTRIN; GAMMA-SITOSTEROL; HYDROXYSITOSTEROL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SITOSTEROL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; AORTA; AORTA DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CELL MOTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFICIENCY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELL; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIME; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; AORTA; AORTIC DISEASES; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLESTEROL; CYCLODEXTRINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELLS; HYDROXYCHOLESTEROLS; MALE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SITOSTEROLS; TIME FACTORS; VASODILATION;

EID: 84924384860     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2015.02.032     Document Type: Article

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