Effect of High-Fat Diet upon Inflammatory Markers and Aortic Stiffening in Mice

Effect of High-Fat Diet upon Inflammatory Markers and Aortic Stiffening in Mice

Changes in lifestyle such as increase in high-fat food consumption are an important cause for vascular diseases. The present study aimed to investigate the involvement of ACE and TGF-β in the aorta stiffness induced by high-fat diet. C57BL/6 male mice were divided in two groups according to their di...

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Main Authors: Andre Bento Chaves Santana, Thais Cristina de Souza Oliveira, Barbara Lobo Bianconi, Valerio Garrone Barauna, Ed Wilson Cavalcante Oliveira Santos, Tatiana P. Alves, Juliane Cristina S. Silva, Patricia Fiorino, Primavera Borelli, Maria Claudia Costa Irigoyen, José Eduardo Krieger, Silvia Lacchini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/914102

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