Accelerated Atherosclerosis, Aortic Aneurysm Formation, and Ischemic Heart Disease in Apolipoprotein E/Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase Double-Knockout Mice
Author(s) -
Peter Kuhlencordt,
Robert Gyurko,
Fred Han,
Marielle ScherrerCrosbie,
Thomas H. Aretz,
Roger J. Hajjar,
Michael H. Picard,
Paul L. Huang
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/hc2901.091399
Subject(s) - enos , medicine , apolipoprotein e , cardiology , arteriosclerosis , myocardial infarction , lesion , endocrinology , nitric oxide synthase , pathology , nitric oxide , disease
To test whether deficiency in endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) affects atherosclerosis development, we compared lesion formation in apolipoprotein E (apoE)/eNOS-double knockout (DKO) and apoE-knockout (KO) control animals.
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