cardiovascular system
N |
• mice do not spontaneously develop aortic aneurysms up to the age of 12 months
• after subcutaneous angiotensin II infusion, 20-week-old male mice show a comparable incidence of thoracic and abdominal aortic aneurysms with no significant differences in blood pressure elevations, arterial stiffness (as measured by aortic pulse wave velocity) or aortic lumen diameters relative to angiotensin II-infused wild-type controls
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homeostasis/metabolism
N |
• mice exhibit normal lysyl oxidase enzyme activity in the heart and aorta tissues
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