Mouse models of atherosclerosis: A historical perspective and recent advances

Lipids in Health and Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Lee, Yee Ting ^a   Lin, Hiu Yu ^a   Chan, Yin Wah Fiona ^b   Li, Ka Hou Christien ^c   To, Olivia Tsz Ling ^d   Yan, Bryan P ^d,e   Liu, Tong ^f   Li, Guangping ^f   Wong, Wing Tak ^d   Keung, Wendy ^a   Tse, Gary ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f SECOND HOSPITAL OF TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ApoE; Atherosclerosis; ER stress; LDL receptor; Mitochondrial dysfunction; Mouse models; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

CURCUMIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; MACROGOL; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 10A; MICRORNA 146A; MICRORNA 181B; MICRORNA 19A; MICRORNA 23B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NANOPARTICLE; PHOSPHATIDYLSERINE; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; APOE GENE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD VESSEL RUPTURE; BYPASS SURGERY; CELL ORGANELLE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; DIET; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS; GENE; GENE INACTIVATION; GRAFT FAILURE; HISTORICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; LIPID STORAGE; MOUSE; NANOMEDICINE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RESTENOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STENT THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR STENT; VASCULITIS; VEIN GRAFT; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; INFLAMMATION;

ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA DAMAGE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS; INFLAMMATION; MICE; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

EID: 85011281206     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476511X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12944-016-0402-5     Document Type: Review

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