ANG II infusion promotes abdominal aortic aneurysms independent of increased blood pressure in hypercholesterolemic mice.

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Published in Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol on February 27, 2009

Authors

Lisa A Cassis1, Manisha Gupte, Sarah Thayer, Xuan Zhang, Richard Charnigo, Deborah A Howatt, Debra L Rateri, Alan Daugherty

Author Affiliations

1: Rm. 521b, Wethington Bldg., Graduate Center for Nutritional Sciences, Univ. of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536-0200, USA. lcassis@uky.edu

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