アポリポプロテインE欠乏症のマウスの高密度リポプロテインコレステロールの上昇は,マクロファージを減少させ,滑らかな筋肉細胞の含有量を増加させることで,進行性動脈硬化病変を再構成します

J X Rong1, J Li, E D Reis

  • 1Department of Medicine, Zena and Michael A. Wiener Cardiovascular Institute, New York, NY, USA.

Circulation
|November 14, 2001
PubMed
まとめ

高密度脂質タンパク質 (HDL) コレステロールを高度な動脈硬化症のマウスで上昇させることで,病変の進行を遅らせました. この介入はまた,病変を改造し,マクロファージの含有量を減らし,より安定した表型のために滑らかな筋肉細胞を増やしました.

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