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Accelerated atherosclerosis, aortic aneurysm formation, and ischemic heart disease in apolipoprotein E/endothelial nitric oxide synthase double-knockout mice.
Circulation - 24 Jul 2001
Kuhlencordt P J, Gyurko R, Han F, Scherrer-Crosbie M, Aretz T H, Hajjar R, Picard M H, Huang P L
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BACKGROUND: To test whether deficiency in endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) affects atherosclerosis development, we compared lesion formation in apolipoprotein E (apoE)/eNOS-double knockout (DKO) and apoE-knockout (KO) control animals. METHODS AND RESULTS: After 16 weeks of "Western-type"...
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