cardiovascular system
• sizes of atherosclerotic lesions at the aortic roots of transgenic female mice were ~2.3-fold greater than those of their nontransgenic littermates after 16 weeks on an atherogenic diet begun at age 10 weeks
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homeostasis/metabolism
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• plasma levels of triglycerides, total cholesterol, VLDL cholesterol and HDL cholesterol were similar for transgenic females and their non-transgenic littermates both before and after 16 weeks on a high fat diet begun at age 10 weeks
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