cardiovascular system
• collagen distribution is extended all over the valve area in mice fed a hypercholesterolemic diet supplemented with vitamin D (HCVD), indicating aortic valve fibrosis
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• mice fed the HCVD diet exhibit extensive aortic valve leaflet calcification and develop calcific aortic disease after 16 weeks on this diet
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• mice exhibit increased leaflet thickness at 16 weeks on the HCVD diet
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• mice fed the HCVD diet develop aortic valve fibrosis
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• mice exhibit lower fractional shortening and ejection fraction after 4 months on the HCVD diet than wild-type mice on the same diet
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• after 4 months of a hypercholesterolemic diet supplemented with vitamin D (HCVD), mice exhibit a higher aortic valve maximum velocity measured by echocardiography and higher transvalvular maximum velocity measured by continuous-wave Doppler imaging and lower ejection fraction velocity ratio values than controls
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• mice fed the HCVD diet exhibit increased aortic valve inflammation, showing increased macrophage infiltration in the leaflets
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immune system
• mice fed the HCVD diet exhibit increased aortic valve inflammation, showing increased macrophage infiltration in the leaflets
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muscle
• mice exhibit lower fractional shortening and ejection fraction after 4 months on the HCVD diet than wild-type mice on the same diet
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Mouse Models of Human Disease |
DO ID | OMIM ID(s) | Ref(s) | |
aortic valve disease | DOID:62 | J:187551 |