Induced Expression of Adipophilin With High Cholesterol Diet in Rabbit Atherosclerotic Lesions and Reduced Lipid Accumulation with Adipophilin Antisense in Mouse Macrophages
Adipophilin is a specific marker for lipid accumulation in a variety of cells and for diseases associated with fat-accumulating cells. Lipid-laden foam cells derived from macrophages play a critical role in the development of atherosclerosis. By immunohistochemistry with specific monoclonal antibody, it was shown that expression of adipophilin is induced by high-cholesterol-diet feeding in rabbit atherosclerotic lesions. New Zealand white rabbits were fed with high cholesterol chow for 12 weeks. The level o...