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Hasty Laboratory

Retroviral gene therapy in ApoE-deficient mice: ApoE expression in the artery wall reduces early foam cell lesion formation.

AUTHORS

Hasty AHA H , Linton MF M F , Brandt SJ S J , Babaev VR V R , Gleaves LA L A , Fazio S S . Circulation. 1999 5 18; 99(19). 2571-6

ABSTRACT

Apolipoprotein E (apoE) has long been known to play an important role in the clearance of plasma lipoproteins. More recently, a direct role for apoE in delaying atherogenesis has been proposed. Macrophage production of apoE in the artery wall has been demonstrated to provide protection against atherosclerotic lesion development independently from its role in lipoprotein clearance. However, whether macrophage apoE can affect lesion growth at all stages of atherogenesis remains to be established.