Mycoplasma pneumoniae and/or Chlamydophila pneumoniae inoculation causing different aggravations in cholesterol-induced atherosclerosis in apoE KO male mice

BACKGROUND: Chamydophila pneumoniae (CP) and/or Mycoplasma pneumoniae (MP) are two bacteria detected in vulnerable atheromas. In this study we aimed to analyze whether CP and/or MP aggravates atherosclerosis induced by cholesterol-enriched diet in C57BL/6 apoE KO male mice. Thirty male apoE KO mice...

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Autores principales: Damy, Sueli B, Higuchi, Maria L, Timenetsky, Jorge, Reis, Márcia M, Palomino, Suely P, Ikegami, Renata N, Santos, Fabiana P, Osaka, Junko T, Figueiredo, Luiz P
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2755007/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19744321
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-9-194

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