Atherosclerosis
Volume 213, Issue 1 , Pages 40-51 , November 2010

Differential expression of genes in the calcium-signaling pathway underlies lesion development in the LDb mouse model of atherosclerosis

  • Solida Mak

      Affiliations

    • The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Science at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    • Center for Human Genetics, The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    • Human Genetics Center, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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  • Hua Sun

      Affiliations

    • The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Science at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    • Center for Human Genetics, The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    • ,
  • Frances Acevedo

      Affiliations

    • Center for Human Genetics, The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    • ,
  • Lawrence C. Shimmin

      Affiliations

    • Human Genetics Center, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    • ,
  • Lei Zhao

      Affiliations

    • Center for Human Genetics, The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    • ,
  • Ba-Bie Teng

      Affiliations

    • The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Science at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    • Center for Human Genetics, The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Research Center for Human Genetics, The Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 1825, Pressler St., Suite SRB 530D, Houston, TX, USA. Tel.: +1 713 500 2443; fax: +1 713 500 2447.
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  • James E. Hixson

      Affiliations

    • The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Science at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    • Human Genetics Center, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Human Genetics Center, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Tel.: +1 713 500 9834; fax: +1 713 500 0900.

Received 12 December 2009 ,Revised 16 June 2010 ,Accepted 23 June 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2010.06.038

Atherosclerosis
Volume 213, Issue 1 , Pages 40-51 , November 2010

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