Methods in Mouse Atherosclerosis - Andrés, Vicente; Dorado, Beatriz; SpringerLink (Online service) (New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Humana, 2015)
Use of Mouse Models in Atherosclerosis Research -- Cytokines and Immune Responses in Murine Atherosclerosis -- Intravital Microscopy for Atherosclerosis Research -- Non-invasive Molecular Imaging of Mouse Atherosclerosis -- Oil Red O and Hematoxylin and Eosin Staining for Quantification of Atherosclerosis Burden in Mouse Aorta and Aortic Root -- Isolation, Culture, and Polarization of Murine Bone Marrow-Derived and Peritoneal Macrophages -- Isolation of Mouse Primary Aortic Endothelial Cells by Selection with Specific Antibodies -- Isolation and Culture of Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells and In Vitro Calcification Assay -- Immunostaining of Macrophages, Endothelial Cells, and Smooth Muscle Cells in the Atherosclerotic Mouse Aorta -- Immunostaining of Lymphocytes In Mouse Atherosclerotic Plaque -- Flow Cytometric Analysis of Immune Cells Within Murine Aorta -- In Vitro Differentiation of Naïve CD4+ T cells: A Tool for Understanding the Development of Atherosclerosis -- Quantification of Apoptosis in Mouse Atherosclerotic Lesions -- Quantification of Cellular Proliferation in Mouse Atherosclerotic Lesions -- Quantification of in vitro Macrophage Cholesterol Efflux and in vivo Macrophage-Specific Reverse Cholesterol Transport -- In vitro Macrophage Phagocytosis Assay -- Glucose and Insulin Tolerance Tests in the Mouse -- Wire Myography to Study Vascular Tone and Vascular Structure of Isolated Mouse Arteries -- Generation of Aorta Transcript Atlases of Wild-type and Apolipoprotein E-null Mice by Laser Capture Microdissection-based mRNA Expression Microarrays -- Analysis of Gene and Protein Expression In Atherosclerotic Mouse Aorta By Western Blot and Quantitative Real-Time PCR -- Bone Marrow Transplantation in Mice to Study the Role of Hematopoietic Cells in Atherosclerosis -- Tandem Stenosis to Induce Atherosclerotic Plaque Instability in the Mouse -- Detection of Intraplaque Hemorrhage in Mouse Atherosclerotic Lesions -- Mechanical Stabilization of Mouse Carotid Artery for in vivo intravital Microscopy Imaging of Atherogenesis -- Intravital Microscopy in the Cremaster Muscle Microcirculation for Endothelial Dysfunction Studies. - Fluorescent Molecular Tomography for in vivo Imaging of Mouse Atherosclerosis -- In vivo 18F-FDG-PET Imaging in Mouse Atherosclerosis -- Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Atherosclerotic Mouse Aorta.
Keywords: Molecular biology; Cardiology; Animal models in research; Molecular Medicine; Cardiology; Animal Models