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Diesel exhaust particulate increases the size and complexity of lesions in atherosclerotic mice

OBJECTIVE: Diesel exhaust particulate (DEP), a major component of urban air pollution, has been linked to atherogenesis and precipitation of myocardial infarction. We hypothesized that DEP exposure would increase and destabilise atherosclerotic lesions in apolipoprotein E deficient (ApoE(−/−)) mice....

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Autores principales: Miller, Mark R, McLean, Steven G, Duffin, Rodger, Lawal, Akeem O, Araujo, Jesus A, Shaw, Catherine A, Mills, Nicholas L, Donaldson, Ken, Newby, David E, Hadoke, Patrick WF
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3907045/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24330719
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-8977-10-61