Overexpression of Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein Increases Macrophage-Derived Foam Cell Accumulation in Atherosclerotic Lesions of Transgenic Rabbits

• Main Authors: Shoucui Gao (Author), Xiaojing Wang (Author), Daxing Cheng (Author), Jiayan Li (Author), Lu Li (Author), Linwu Ran (Author), Sihai Zhao (Author), Jianglin Fan (Author), Enqi Liu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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High levels of plasma high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (HDL-C) are inversely associated with the risk of atherosclerosis and other cardiovascular diseases; thus, pharmacological inhibition of cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) is considered to be a therapeutic method of raising HDL-C leve...