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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Alvaro Puga
PROVIDER: E-MEXP-23 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Cardiovascular toxicology 20040101 4
Exposure to environmental toxicants may play a role in the onset and progression of cardiovascular disease. Many environmental agents, such as dioxin, are risk factors for atherosclerosis because they may exacerbate an underlying disease by altering gene expression patterns. Expression profiling of vascular tissues allows the simultaneous analysis of thousands of genes and may provide predictive information particularly useful in early disease stages. Often, however, in vivo experiments are unfe ...[more]