Use of hamster as a model to study diet-induced atherosclerosis

Golden-Syrian hamsters have been used as an animal model to assess diet-induced atherosclerosis since the early 1980s. Advantages appeared to include a low rate of endogenous cholesterol synthesis, receptor-mediated uptake of LDL cholesterol, cholesteryl ester transfer protein activity, hepatic apoB...

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Autores principales: Dillard, Alice, Matthan, Nirupa R, Lichtenstein, Alice H
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
Materias:
Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3004901/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21143982
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-7075-7-89

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3004901/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21143982
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-7075-7-89

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