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Mediators of Inflammation
Volume 2017, Article ID 3824276, 9 pages
https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/3824276
Research Article

Overexpression of Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein Increases Macrophage-Derived Foam Cell Accumulation in Atherosclerotic Lesions of Transgenic Rabbits

Shoucui Gao,1,2 Xiaojing Wang,1,2 Daxing Cheng,1 Jiayan Li,2 Lu Li,2 Linwu Ran,3 Sihai Zhao,1,2 Jianglin Fan,4 and Enqi Liu1,2

1Research Institute of Atherosclerotic Disease, Xi’an Jiaotong University Cardiovascular Research Center, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710061, China
2Laboratory Animal Center, Xi’an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710061, China
3Laboratory Animal Center, Ningxia Medical University, Ningxia 750004, China
4Department of Molecular Pathology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi 409-3898, Japan

Correspondence should be addressed to Enqi Liu; nc.ude.utjx.liam@iqneuil

Received 27 May 2017; Revised 13 October 2017; Accepted 2 November 2017; Published 28 November 2017

Academic Editor: Fabio Cacciapaglia

Copyright © 2017 Shoucui Gao et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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