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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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BioMed Central
2010
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| 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 |