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SUBMITTER: Kiouptsi K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7524356 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kiouptsi Klytaimnistra K Pontarollo Giulia G Todorov Hristo H Braun Johannes J Jäckel Sven S Koeck Thomas T Bayer Franziska F Karwot Cornelia C Karpi Angelica A Gerber Susanne S Jansen Yvonne Y Wild Philipp P Ruf Wolfram W Daiber Andreas A Van Der Vorst Emiel E Weber Christian C Döring Yvonne Y Reinhardt Christoph C
Gut microbes 20200624 6
The microbiota has been linked to the development of atherosclerosis, but the functional impact of these resident bacteria on the lesion size and cellular composition of atherosclerotic plaques in the aorta has never been experimentally addressed with the germ-free low-density lipoprotein receptor-deficient (<i>Ldlr<sup>-/-</sup></i> ) mouse atherosclerosis model. Here, we report that 16 weeks of high-fat diet (HFD) feeding of hypercholesterolemic <i>Ldlr<sup>-/-</sup></i> mice at germ-free (GF) ...[more]