Why the study?
Does hypercholesterolemia increase macrophage infiltration after balloon injury in rabbit iliac arteries?
Population
Rabbit iliac arteries subjected to balloon injury
Comparison
Hypercholesterolemia vs Normocholesterolemia
Design
Preclinical
Follow-up
Up to 14 days
Authors
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Supports hypercholesterolemia-driven post-injury inflammation in rabbits; leaves open relevance to human restenosis or therapy.
Does hypercholesterolemia increase macrophage infiltration after balloon injury in rabbit iliac arteries?
In vivo hypercholesterolemia enhances macrophage infiltration following vascular injury via increased NF-kappaB activation and ICAM-1 expression.
Song et al. (2001) studied this question.
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