Chlamydia pneumoniae and Hyperlipidemia Are Co-Risk Factors for Atherosclerosis: Infection Prior to Induction of Hyperlipidemia Does Not Accelerate Development of Atherosclerotic Lesions in C57BL/6J Mice
AUTOR(ES)
Blessing, Erwin
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
Chlamydia pneumoniae has been shown to accelerate atherosclerotic lesion development in hyperlipidemic animals. This study showed that C. pneumoniae did not accelerate lesion development in mice if a high-fat/high-cholesterol diet was started after infection, indicating that C. pneumoniae is a co-risk factor with hyperlipidemia for cardiovascular disease.
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