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Assessing the impact of an antigen-specific antibody response on atherosclerosis development in mice

The antibody immune response plays a critical role in atherosclerosis. Here, we present a protocol for assessing the impact of an antigen-specific germinal center antibody response on atherosclerosis development, using a pro-atherogenic mouse model deficient for the production of germinal-center-der...

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Autores principales: Del Monte-Monge, Alberto, Martos-Folgado, Inmaculada, Rodríguez-Ronchel, Ana, Ramiro, Almudena R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10165446/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37126444
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.xpro.2023.102274
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Sumario:The antibody immune response plays a critical role in atherosclerosis. Here, we present a protocol for assessing the impact of an antigen-specific germinal center antibody response on atherosclerosis development, using a pro-atherogenic mouse model deficient for the production of germinal-center-derived antibodies. We describe steps for bone marrow transfer from donor mice into irradiated recipient mice. We then detail immunization of mouse chimeras with atheroprotective malondialdehyde low-density lipoprotein during high-fat diet feeding and atherosclerosis burden analysis. For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Martos-Folgado et al. (2022).(1)