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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Marjan van Erk
PROVIDER: E-TABM-253 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Kleemann Robert R Verschuren Lars L van Erk Marjan J MJ Nikolsky Yuri Y Cnubben Nicole H P NH Verheij Elwin R ER Smilde Age K AK Hendriks Henk F J HF Zadelaar Susanne S Smith Graham J GJ Kaznacheev Valery V Nikolskaya Tatiana T Melnikov Anton A Hurt-Camejo Eva E van der Greef Jan J van Ommen Ben B Kooistra Teake T
Genome biology 20070101 9
<h4>Background</h4>Increased dietary cholesterol intake is associated with atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis development requires a lipid and an inflammatory component. It is unclear where and how the inflammatory component develops. To assess the role of the liver in the evolution of inflammation, we treated ApoE*3Leiden mice with cholesterol-free (Con), low (LC; 0.25%) and high (HC; 1%) cholesterol diets, scored early atherosclerosis and profiled the (patho)physiological state of the liver usin ...[more]