Overexpression of endothelial nitric oxide synthase accelerates atherosclerotic lesion formation in apoE-deficient mice
Masanori Ozaki, Seinosuke Kawashima, Tomoya Yamashita, Tetsuaki Hirase, Masayuki Namiki, Nobutaka Inoue, Ken-ichi Hirata, Hiroyuki Yasui, Hiromu Sakurai, Yuichi Yoshida, Masahiro Masada, Mitsuhiro Yokoyama
Masanori Ozaki, Seinosuke Kawashima, Tomoya Yamashita, Tetsuaki Hirase, Masayuki Namiki, Nobutaka Inoue, Ken-ichi Hirata, Hiroyuki Yasui, Hiromu Sakurai, Yuichi Yoshida, Masahiro Masada, Mitsuhiro Yokoyama
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Overexpression of endothelial nitric oxide synthase accelerates atherosclerotic lesion formation in apoE-deficient mice

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Masanori Ozaki, Seinosuke Kawashima, Tomoya Yamashita, Tetsuaki Hirase, Masayuki Namiki, Nobutaka Inoue, Ken-ichi Hirata, Hiroyuki Yasui, Hiromu Sakurai, Yuichi Yoshida, Masahiro Masada, Mitsuhiro Yokoyama

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Atherosclerotic lesions in aortas. (a and b) Sudan III–stained, longitud...
Atherosclerotic lesions in aortas. (a and b) Sudan III–stained, longitudinally opened aortas from apoE-KO (a) and apoE-KO/eNOS-Tg mice (b) at the age of 16 weeks. (c) Quantitative analysis of atherosclerotic lesion size in 16-week-old mice. After 12 weeks on a high-cholesterol diet, the lesion size in apoE-KO/eNOS-Tg mice was significantly greater than that in apoE-KO mice. Percentage of lesion area is the lesion area per total area of aorta. *P < 0.0001 vs. apoE-KO males; **P < 0.001 vs. apoE-KO females.