Establishment of an Animal Model of Atherosclerosis in ApoE~(-/-) Mice: Intergenerational High Fat-high Cholesterol Diet during Pregnancy and Male Offsprings Adulthood
As the living standards improved, high fat-high cholesterol diet during maternal pregnancy which has great influences in the fetal development has become common and can lead to offspring adulthood cardiovascular diseases. However the reports of such influences are few and the empirical study is still in the starting stage.
Atherosclerosis, which is one of Cardiovascular diseases, is a serious threat to human health in the World. There are various animal models of Atherosclerosis which exist merits and ...