Splenic autonomic denervation increases inflammatory status but does not aggravate atherosclerotic lesion development

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 309, Issue 4, 2015, Pages H646-H654

  Kooijman, Sander ^a   Meurs, Illiana ^a   van Beek, Lianne ^a   Khedoe, P Padmini S J ^a   Giezekamp, Annabel ^a   Pike Overzet, Karin ^a   Cailotto, Cathy ^b   van der Vliet, Jan ^b   van Harmelen, Vanessa ^a   Boeckxstaens, Guy ^c   Berbée, Jimmy F P ^a   Rensen, Patrick C N ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Inflammation; Splenic denervation; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL ESTER TRANSFER PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E3;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTONOMIC DENERVATION; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIPID METABOLISM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD; DENERVATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INNERVATION; LIPID DIET; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFLEX;

ANIMALS; APOLIPOPROTEIN E3; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; DENERVATION; DIET, HIGH-FAT; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; INTERLEUKIN-6; MICE; REFLEX; SPLEEN;

EID: 84939435367     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: 15221539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00787.2014     Document Type: Article

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