Article
Aortic atherosclerotic plaque injury in apolipoprotein E deficient mice.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Oct 1998
Reddick R L, Zhang S H, Maeda N
Abstract excerpt
The acute platelet response and chronic smooth muscle cell (SMC) proliferation following aortic injury in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice was investigated. The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether thrombus formation would occur following plaque injury, to determine the type of thrombus t...
Topics
- Animals
- Aorta, Abdominal
- Aortic Diseases
- Apolipoproteins E
- Arteriosclerosis
- Blood Platelets
- Cell Division
- Disease Models, Animal
- Endothelium, Vascular
- Female
- Fibrin
- Genotype
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular
- Thrombosis