medicine |
wild-type mice fed with high-cholesterol diet exhibit impaired endothelium-dependent vasodilation, enhanced superoxide generation, and increased expression of NAD(P)H oxidase subunit Nox-2 mRNA. In severe combined immunodeficient mice, in mice genetically deficient for interferon IFN-gamma, and CD4+ T-lymphocyte-deficient mice, the impaired endothelium-dependent vasodilation and enhanced superoxide generation are significantly blunted. Effects are similar in high-cholesterol fed mice genetically deficient in NAD(P)H oxidase subunit Nox-2 |
Mus musculus |