Article
Osteopontin deficiency attenuates atherosclerosis in female apolipoprotein E-deficient mice.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 1 Jun 2003
Matsui Yutaka, Rittling Susan R, Okamoto Hiroshi, Inobe Manabu, Jia Nan, Shimizu Toshihiro, Akino Masatoshi, Sugawara Takeshi, Morimoto Junko, Kimura Chiemi, Kon Shigeyuki, Denhardt David, Kitabatake Akira, Uede Toshimitsu
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Osteopontin (OPN), a noncollagenous adhesive protein, is implicated in atherosclerosis, in which macrophages within atherosclerotic plaques express OPN. However, it is not known whether the elevated OPN expression is a cause or result of atherosclerosis. METHODS AND RESULTS: We generated mice that lacked OPN and crossed them with apolipoprotein (apo) E-deficient mice and analyzed these mice with a...
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