Macrophage-Specific Expression of Human Lipoprotein Lipase Accelerates Atherosclerosis in Transgenic Apolipoprotein E Knockout Mice but Not in C57BL/6 Mice
- 1 November 2001
- journal article
- other
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
- Vol. 21 (11) , 1809-1815
- https://doi.org/10.1161/hq1101.097805
Abstract
Transgenic mice with macrophage-specific expression of human (hu) lipoprotein lipase (LPL) were generated to determine the contribution of macrophage LPL to atherogenesis. Macrophage specificity wa...Keywords
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