, where [Fluo] i and [Exc] i represent the fluorescence and excitation image for source position i, respectively, and s is a smoothing factor that prevents division by very small…
Fig. 1 Surgical preparation and stabilization of the mouse carotid artery. Numbers indicate the different elements and tissues involved in the procedure. (a) Mice are immobilized in decubitus position, the…
Fig. 1 Schematic drawing of the tandem stenosis. ApoE−/− mice at 6–8 weeks of age are fed with Western diet containing 22 % fat and 0.15 % cholesterol and tap…
Fig. 1 Illustrative example of bone marrow transplantation to generate mixed chimeras in mice. Six- to eight-week-old recipient mice are irradiated with myeloablative doses of radiation. In this example, femurs…
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Fig. 1 The primary cytokines involved in atherosclerosis. In red: atherogenic cytokines. In green: atheroprotective cytokines. In blue: exact role still under investigation Fig. 2 Cytokines in the immune response…
Fig. 1 Steps in mouse aortic endothelial cell extraction and culture. (a) Dissection of the animal to expose the thoracic and abdominal cavities. (b) Isolation of the aorta and heart…
© Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015Vicente Andrés and Beatriz Dorado (eds.)Methods in Mouse AtherosclerosisMethods in Molecular Biology133910.1007/978-1-4939-2929-0_6 6. Isolation, Culture, and Polarization of Murine Bone Marrow-Derived and Peritoneal Macrophages Inés Pineda-Torra1 , Matthew Gage1, Alba de Juan2 and Oscar M. Pello1,…
Advantages Atherosclerosis develops over a period of months Relative ease of genetic manipulation to allow for investigation of multiple cell types or proteins, including temporal or cell specific expression, on…
