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

• Hauptverfasser: Qi Yu (Verfasst von), Zhengcao Liu (Verfasst von), Ahmed Bilal Waqar (Verfasst von), Bo Ning (Verfasst von), Xianghong Yang (Verfasst von), Masashi Shiomi (Verfasst von), Mark J. Graham (Verfasst von), Rosanne M. Crooke (Verfasst von), Enqi Liu (Verfasst von), Sijun Dong (Verfasst von), Jianglin Fan (Verfasst von)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: Hindawi Limited, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...