Distinct gene signatures in aortic tissue from ApoE-/- mice exposed to pathogens or Western diet

BMC Genomics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kramer, Carolyn D ^a   Weinberg, Ellen O ^a   Gower, Adam C ^a   He, Xianbao ^a,b   Mekasha, Samrawit ^a,b   Slocum, Connie ^a   Beaulieu, Lea M ^c   Wetzler, Lee ^a   Alekseyev, Yuriy ^a   Gibson, Frank C ^a,b   Freedman, Jane E ^c   Ingalls, Robin R ^a,b   Genco, Caroline A ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

ApoE mice; Atherosclerosis; Chlamydia pneumoniae; Gene expression profiling; GSEA; Porphyromonas gingivalis; PPAR; Vascular inflammation; Vulnerable plaque; Western diet

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARDIOVASCULAR INFLAMMATION; CHLAMYDIA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; WESTERN DIET; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; AORTA; C57BL MOUSE; DEFICIENCY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC;

ANIMALS; AORTA; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; DIET, WESTERN; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; KINETICS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS;

EID: 84928239170     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-15-1176     Document Type: Article

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