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Identifying novel genes for atherosclerosis through mouse-human comparative genetics.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Jul 2005
Wang Xiaosong, Ishimori Naoki, Korstanje Ron, Rollins Jarod, Paigen Beverly
Abstract excerpt
Susceptibility to atherosclerosis is determined by both environmental and genetic factors. Its genetic determinants have been studied by use of quantitative-trait-locus (QTL) analysis. So far, 21 atherosclerosis QTLs have been identified in the mouse: 7 in a high-fat-diet model only, 9 in a sensitized model (apolipoprotein E- or LDL [low-density lipoprotein] receptor-deficient mice) only, and 5 in both models,...
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