A High-Cholesterol Diet Increases Toll-like Receptors and Other Harmful Factors in the Rabbit Myocardium: The Beneficial Effect of Statins

A High-Cholesterol Diet Increases Toll-like Receptors and Other Harmful Factors in the Rabbit Myocardium: The Beneficial Effect of Statins

Background: A high-cholesterol diet (HCD) induces vascular atherosclerosis through vascular inflammatory and immunological processes via TLRs. The aim of this study is to investigate the mRNA expression of TLRs and other noxious biomarkers expressing inflammation, fibrosis, apoptosis, and cardiac dy...

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Main Authors: Alkistis Kapelouzou, Michalis Katsimpoulas, Christos Kontogiannis, Irene Lidoriki, Georgios Georgiopoulos, Christos Kourek, Christos Papageorgiou, Konstantinos S. Mylonas, Spyridon Dritsas, Alexandros Charalabopoulos, Dennis V. Cokkinos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-07-01
Series:Current Issues in Molecular Biology
Subjects:
high-cholesterol diet
toll-like receptors
biomarkers
inflammation
statins
myocardium
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1467-3045/43/2/59

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