Guinea pigs: A suitable animal model to study lipoprotein metabolism, atherosclerosis and inflammation
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Numerous animal models have been used to study diet effects on cholesterol and lipoprotein metabolism. However, most of those models differ from humans in the plasma distribution of cholesterol and in the processing of lipoproteins in the plasma compartment. Alth...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2006-03-01
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| Series: | Nutrition & Metabolism |
| Online Access: | http://www.nutritionandmetabolism.com/content/3/1/17 |