Article
ApoE knockout rabbits: A novel model for the study of human hyperlipidemia.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Feb 2016
Niimi Manabu, Yang Dongshan, Kitajima Shuji, Ning Bo, Wang Chuan, Li Shen, Liu Enqi, Zhang Jifeng, Eugene Chen Y, Fan Jianglin
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Rabbits are one of the best animal models for the study of hyperlipidemia and atherosclerosis. Although many transgenic rabbits have been created, the development of gene knockout (KO) rabbits has been impossible due to the lack of rabbit embryonic stem cells. We along with others recently generated KO rabbits using genome editing techniques. In the current study, we characterized the lipoprotein...
Topics
- Animals
- Apolipoproteins E
- Disease Models, Animal
- Electrophoresis, Agar Gel
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Hyperlipidemias
- Immunoblotting
- Male
- Rabbits
