Effects of Antisense Oligonucleotides against C-Reactive Protein on the Development of Atherosclerosis in WHHL Rabbits

• Main Authors: Qi Yu (Author), Zhengcao Liu (Author), Ahmed Bilal Waqar (Author), Bo Ning (Author), Xianghong Yang (Author), Masashi Shiomi (Author), Mark J. Graham (Author), Rosanne M. Crooke (Author), Enqi Liu (Author), Sijun Dong (Author), Jianglin Fan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Increased plasma levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) are closely associated with cardiovascular diseases, but whether CRP is directly involved in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis is still under debate. Many controversial and contradictory results using transgenic mice and rabbits have been publish...