Effect of Cholesterol Feeding and Pantethine Treatment on Complexes between Lipids a Arterial Connective Tissue Macromolecules in Specific Pathogen-Free Rabbits
Abstract:SummaryThe present study was designed to clarify the significance of complex formation of lipoproteins with extracellular connective tissue macromolecules during lipid accumulation in the arterial wall in SPF rabbits fed on a 0.5% cholesterol diet for six weeks. The effect of pantethine, a new hypolipidemic drug, on their complex formation and lipid accumulation was also studied. The levels of cholesterol bound to glycosaminoglycan, collagen and elastin in the aortic tissues were significantly increased in the… Show more
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